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frauds
or
attempts
at
fraad.
But
thp
voting
in
the
manuer
the
gentleman
from
Oneida
seems
“
When
it
was
first
proposed
to
put
the
law
ol
1812
into
the
Constitution,
he
assented
to
il;
to
suggest
and
approve,
would
be
a
mere
farce,
but
when
it
was
proposed
to
create
new
pledges.
W
hat
reliance
could
be
placed
on
its
results
?—
I
he
objected
:
because
he
regarded
these
new
pledges
as
unfair,
unjust
and
unequal
in
their
operation,
and
because
he
believed
the
effect
would
be
to
prevent
any
amendment
being
made
to
the
Constitution;—for
he
insisted
there
was
no
earthly
prospect
that
these
propositions,
as
they
now
stood,
could
ever
become
part
ot
our
Constitution.”
.
.
The
bon.
Speaker,
in
the
same
speech,
insist­
ed
that
“
The
effect
must
he
to
pledge
all
the
rev­
enues
of
the
State
for
a
specific
purpose,
and
to
prevent
the
application
ol
any
surplus
there
might
be,
after
complying
with
the
law
of
l
b
l
-
ether
in
the
carrying
on
of
the
public
works
or
to
the
preservation
of
the
new
works
from
des­
truction.
,
On
thesam
e
day
that
these
remarks
were
made
by
the
hon.
Speaker,
the
final
vote
on
these
res­
olutions
was
taken,
and
his
vote
recorded
against
their
passage.”
These
views,
sir,
of
the
honorable
Speaker
are
sound
expositions
o
f
this
financial
amendment
No.
1.
If
adopted,
it
will
pledge
all
the
reve­
nues
of
the
Stale
for
y
ears
locome
to
a
specific
purpose,
and
prevent
the
application
of
any
coutrolled
by
feelings
of
the
highest
duty.
I
:
surplus
there
may
be
after
complying
with
the
have
heard
rem
arks
on
thi*
floor,
and
senti-
intent
of
the
law
of
134..,
either
to
the
carrying
ments
advanced
here
from
the
member
from
N.
on
of
the
public
works,
or
the
preservation
of
York,
who
professes
to
be
in
favor
of
a
Conven-
the
new
works
from
destruction.
This
the
hon.
tion,
which
if
sustained
by
this
H
ouse
or
a
Con-1
Speaker
will
not
now
deny,
vention
would
stamp
upon
our
Siate
the
char
Thousands
from
other
States
might
vote
:
doub­
le
vuiing
and
all
manner
of
frauds
would
be
re­
scued
t
o
;
knaves
and
demagogues
would
be
sure
of
securing
to
them*e'lves
an
apparent
vic­
tory
over
patriotic
and
honest
men
I
regard
the
feeling
that
now,
evidently,
per­
vades
this
State,
in
favor
of
a
Convention,
as
proceeding
from
the
just
and
enlightened
views
of
a
people
fully
appreciating
the
great
respon­
sibilities
they
propose
to
assume
in
remodelling
their
Constitution,
and
solemnly
deleimined
to
discharge
them.
Politicians,
mere
partisans,
do
not
now
see
how
a
Convention
can
be
managed
and
controlled
or
made
subservient
to
party
pur­
poses
or
the
aims
of
personal
ambition,
before
any
plans
are
formed
in
these
respects.
I
desire
to
see
a
Convention.
I
want
to
see
the
people
get
the
start
of
the
politicians
in
this
matter
and
send
unto
the
Convention
a
class
of
able,
inde­
pendent
and
honest
men,
learlessiy
and
wisely
to
''ischirge
the
highest
duty
that
can
be
en­
trusted
to
them
under
a
full
sense
of
their
re­
sponsibilities
to
God
and
their
country—desi­
ring
above
all
things,
if
we
are
to
have
a
Con-
vention,
to
see
it
composed
of
such
men
and
J
AUBURN
JOURNAL.
-
W
e
d
n
e
s
d
a
y
,
M
a
y
2
1
,
1
8
4
5
.
The
acter
of
gross
intolerance
and
bigotry,
sentim
ent
h
as
been
put
forth
that
through
a
Con
vention
the
rights
of
our
ad
p’.ed
citizens
might
be
abridged
and
foreigners
prevented
from
be­
coming
citizens.
(M
r.
Morrison
ftom
N
.
York
asked
Mr.
W.
if
he
alluded
to
his
rem
arks
—
Mr.
W.
said
he
understood
the
gentleman
lo
have
advanced
such
*entiinCti'S.
Mr.
Morrison
explained
by
saying
he
had
never
expressed
any
desire
to
interfere
with
the
rights
of
nn
n-
rahzed
citizen*,
he
only
wished
the
naturaliza­
tion
laws
amended
so
as
to
require
a
residence
by
a
foreigner
of
twenty-one
years
to
t
ntitle
him
to
become
a
citizen.)
Mr.
Worden
proceeded
I
certainly
understood
the
gen
lcman
to
speak
of
religious
tests,
but
his
posiiion
as
now
ex­
plained
is
to
my
mind
unwise
and
without
a
suf­
ficient
reason
to
snsiain
it.
H
a
v
e
gentlemen
even
considered
the
state
of
things
that
would
be
produced
if
the
aaturVdzation
laws
should
he
so
amended
as
to
requite
the
residence
of
twen­
ty-one
year.-,
as
preparatory
lo
naturalization.
It
seems
tu
me,
not,
but
that
the
idea
proceeds
from
narrow
and
limited
views
of
the
interests
of
society
and
the
duty
of
governments.
Sup­
pose
ottr
naturalization
laws
are
changed
so
as
to
meet
the
views
of
the
genileunn
Irom
New
York,
what
would
be
ihe
consequences
?
Would
it
not
follow
that
in
the
course
of
the
next
ten
or
fifteen
years
we
should
have
a
vast
population
amongst
its
having
no
interest
in
ihe
govern-
tnenl.
and
feeling
that
they
were
a
nro-cribed
class,
sharing
in
no
way
with
American
cui-
in
the
rights
and
privileges
of
freemen
?—
W
hat
attachments
would
they
be
likely
inform
to
ottr
institutions
?
Would
they
not
regard
them
wnh
hostility,
as
being
proscriptive
and
in
a
political
view
extremely
selfish?
And
when
the
period
o
f
their
probation
had
termina­
ted,
and
they
adm
itted
to
the
rights
of
citizen­
ship,
would
they
not
be
likely
to
exercise
such
rights
in
accordance
with
those
feelings
n*’
hos-
tdi
y
your
own
proscriptive
policy
had
engen­
dered
?
Would
not
the
measure
the
gentleman
advocates
tend
to
weaken
raiher
than
strength­
en
the
stability
of
our
republican
institutions
?—
But
it
is
said
the*e
foreigners
are
ignorant
men,
unacquainted
with
the
theory
o
f
ourgovcrnment,
and
incapable
of
exercising
tire
elective
fran­
chise
with
safety
to
themselves
or
the
public.
If
this
is
the
ground
on
which
this
proscriptive
I
,
At
the
last
session
he
S
peaker
justified
his
opposition
to
and
voted
ag
ainst
this
provision
on
these
grounds.
I
rely
upun
the
same
grounds
to
justify
my
vote
against
them
at
this.
Now,
sir,
I
cannot
enter­
tain
surprise
that
a
gentleman
who
can
so
sud­
denly
change
his
views
and
his
vote
upon
a
ques­
tion
of
this
vast
magnitude,
should
imagine
that
the
same
thing
would
be
done
by
others.
And
the
gentleman
and
his
parly
having
practiced
so
long
this
shuffling,
versatile
policy,
and
with
*o
much
success,
it
is
not
surprising
that
he
should
apprehend
that
others
might
attempt
it
also
:
but,
sir,
I
can
assure
the
gentleman,
that
however
successful
such
practices
may
have
been
with
him
and
the
party
to
'which
he
be­
longs,
il
cannot
be
advantageously
adopted
by
the
Whigs.
The
gentleman
from
Oneida
(M
r.
Comstock)
is
also
said
(hat
the
Whigs
want
a
Convenlion
ha:
w
to
break
up
present
political
arrangem
ents
with
a
view
of
acquiring
political
Dower,
and
this
charge
has
been
reiterated
repeatedly
by
his
po
litical
friends
on
this
floor,
who
in
this
have
fol­
lowed
the
lead
of
the
hon.
Speaker.
It
is
some­
what
amusing
to
see
how
instinctively
the
minds
of
gentlemen
run
on
this
subject,
and
with
how
liitie
art
they
cover
up
their
own
motives
in
op­
posing
a
Convention.
If
the
Whigs
gain
any
political
power,
it
is
just
so
much
loss
lo
gentle­
men
now
in
power;
and
whatever
may
be
llie
defeel.*
in
our
present
Constitution,
and
howev­
er
loudly
reforms
are
demanded
or
the
public
exigencies
demand
a
Cenventton,
it
is
opposed
M
R
,
W
ORDEN’S
SPEEC
H
,
Upon.the
question
o
f
a
Convention,
will
a
t
this
time,
es'pecially,
be
peruse
l
with
unusual
inter-
e.-t.
It
uses
up
pretty
effectually,
the
pretend­
ed
argum
ents
of
the
opponents
o
f
that
measure.
W
H
k
T
m
EA
S
U
R
E
T
R
IU
M
P
H
A
N
T
!
On
Monday
last,
the
Convention
bill
passed
ihe
Senate
by
a
vote
of
18
to
14.
In
the
House,
the
Senate
amendm
ents
were
concurred
iu
by
a
vote
78
to
28.
so
that
the
bill
now
requires
only
the
signature
of
the
Governor
to
become
a
law.
E
v
e
ry
W
hig
in
the
Senate
voted
for
the
bill,
and
14
Locofocos
(
a
m
ajority)
voted
a
g
ainst
it.
The
bill
was
saved
by
W
hig
votes—and
unless
Gov.
W
right
looks
upon
the
people
as
unsafe
to
be
trusted
with
the
control
of
their
own
m
atters
is
doubtless
now
a
law.
The
Argus
cannot
with­
hold
its
c
h
a
g
rin,—and
whines
at
the
result.
The
above
gratifying
item
was
given
by
way
of
Postscript
in
a
portion
of
last
week’s
edition.
In
honor
of
their
success,
in
thus
bringing
this
important
question
directly
before
the
people,
the
W
higs
of
this
town
on
Wednesday
fired
a
salute
of
some
40
guns.
T
h
e
E
x
c
i
s
e
L
a
w
.
This,
act
was
pa*sed
on
the
14th
of
the
pres­
ent
month.
By
it,
the
Tuesday
next
preceding
the
first
Monday
in
May
nexl
(beingM
a
y
,
1846.)
was
designated
as
the
day
upon
which
“
the
elec­
tors
of
the
several
towns
and
cities
in
this
Stale,
(excepting
the
City
of
New
York,
to
which
the
act
does
not
in
any
way
apply,)
shall
determine
by
ballot
whether
the
b
o
a
r
d
or
boards
of
excise,
in
their
respective
towns
and
cities,
shall
or
shall
n
o
t
g
r
a
n
t
lic
e
n
s
e
s
fo
r
th
e
s
a
l
e
o
f
in
t
o
x
i
c
a
t
i
n
g
liquors.”
In
our
next
we
shall
insert
this
act
as
one
of
general
interest
The
'‘assumed
divisions
o
f
Hunkors
and
Barn­
burners”
(so
cavalierly
alluded
to
by
the
new
editor
of
ihe
Tocsin)
show
themselves
in
ev­
ery
shnpe
imagineable.
Owing,
probably,
to
the
troubles
at
present
existing
within
their
ranks,
the
recent
Legislature
was
suffered
to
break
up
without
the
customary
Caucus
Ad­
dress
from
its
Lr-cofoco
mem
bers.
The
Itvo
'
factions
alluded
to,
are
so
completely
at
vari
,
ance,
not
only
as
to
praciir.e,
but
as
to
principle,
|
that
they
could
not
unite
in
the
promulgation
of
then
i-
seems
solely
on
the
ground
that
u
puts
any
thing
in
the
shape
oi
an
A
c
k
lress-as
what
in
jeopardy
tlie
interests
of
a
political
parly,
and
i
would
have
been
agreeable
to
one
faction,
would
may
by
possibility
deprive
a
few
gentlemen
ol
|
be
nothing
short
of
gall
and
wormwood
to
the
the
offices
they
hold
and
the
emoluments
derived
plhef_
Thpy
lherelore
broke
up
in
disorder
IVom
them.
I
need
not,
therefore,
charge
upon
the
majority
here
that
they
opp
-se
a
Convenlion
from
the
apprehension
that
they
will
lose
pow­
er,
for
they
virtually
admit
the
fact
to
be
so.
The
genileman
from
Oneida
(Mr.
Corns
lock)
has
untertaken
to
charge
me
with
inconsistency
in
opposing
these
amendments
relating
to
the
judiciary,
and
asserts
that
they
are
substantially
like
those
adopted
in
IS
11,
when
I
had
the
honor
of
a
seat
in
this
House,
and
which
were
reported
by
the
judiciary
committee,
of
which
I
was
also
a
member.
The
gentleman
has
ascribed
to
me
in
a
great
degree
the
authorship
of
these
amend­
ments
of
1841.
I
cannot
lake
that
credit
to
m
y
self;
they
were
in
the
main,
if
not
altogether,
policy
rests
and
on
which
we
are
to
act,
it
will
I
drawn
as
well
as
suggested
by
the
very
able
embrace
others
man
foreigners,
and,
if
it
was
susceptible
of
any
application
would
include
m
any
who
deem
themselves
peculiarly
fitted
not
only
to
discharge
the
elective
franchise,
but
to
take
a
prominent
part
in
the
administration
of
i
public
affiirs.
If
we
exclude
foreigners
fro
m
the
rights
ol
citizen*
because
they
are
ignorant,
we
should
exclude
all
others
not
possessing
the
requisite
degree
ot
intelligence
;
but
who
is
to
judge
?
What
standard
will
you
adopt
lo
deter­
mine
whether
any
individual
possesses
that
in­
telligence
which
makes
it
safe
to
entrust
to
him
the
exercise
of
the
elective
franchise
?
You
can
adopt
no
such
rule,
neither
would
it
be
capable
of
application
if
you
were
to
do
so.
Republican
governments
rest
on
a
broader
basis.
It
is
the
virtue
and
intelligence
of
the
whole
people
that
sustains
th
e
m
;
make
sure
ihi.-,
foundation
and
your
structure
is
safe.
If
foreigners
coming
among
us
are
ignorant,
open
wide
the
avenues
to
education.
Show
them,
as
was
remarked
by
m
y
venerable
friend
from
N
iagara,
(M
r.
Swee­
ny)
that
your
government
is
paternal.
Merge
as
soon
as
possible
all
these
ideas
about-fureign
birth
in
the
conviction
that
they
have
p
art
and
portion
with
u*
in
that
heritage
of
human
rights
and
civil
freedom,
which
belongs
not
only
to
us
but
to
the
human
race.
It
these
foreigners
are
more
ignorant
than
the
mass
of
native-born
cit­
izens,
so
much
greater
then
is
our
duty
to
edu­
cate
and
enlighten
them
;
and
i
f
we
recognize
this
duty
a
nil
act
in
obedience
to
it,
we
shall
do
more
to
preserve
our
insUtufn
ns
and
benefit
our
race
than
by
resorting
to
any
narrow
and
big­
oted
policy,
founded
on
distinctions
in
birth
or
creeds.
Jt
is
said
by
those
who
would
extend
the
pertod
of
residence
necessary
to
nntural-
izition,
that
our
adopted
citizens
are
liable
to
lie
appealed
to
as
a
class
of
men
and
are
easily
led
to
act
loaelher
politically.
This,
unfortu­
nately,
is
not
altogether
to
be
denied.
Recent
events
have
shown
that
such
appeals
may
be
m
ade
successfully;
but
how
can
we
expecl
it
to
be
otherwise,
when
they
are
the
objec
s
of
biller
denunciations
on
the
one
hand
and
the
designs
o
f
demagogues
on
the
other
?
When
one
ciass
challenges
their
rights
as
freemen
and
free
citi­
zens,
and
another
seeks
to
make
them
believe
their
rights
a
re
in
jeopardy
?
It
is
not
proposed
io
stop
the
immigration
ol
foreigners,
nor
entire­
ly
to
exclude
them
from
citizenship,
it
is
only
proposed
to
exclude
them
just
long
enough
to
m
a
k
e
th
e
m
feel
th
a
t
th
e
y
a
r
e
pru.sci
ibect,
a
n
d
denied
the
natural
right
of
participating
in
the
political
a
ffairsof
ihe
government
10
whose
sub-
jection
they
have
submitted
themselves,
and
whose
laws
they
have
c
-risenled
to
obey,
and
alter
you
have
thoroughly
implanted,
by
your
narrow
minded
policy,
in
their
breasts
feelings
of
direct
hostility
to
your
government,
then,
and
not
till
then,
will
you
consent
that
they
shall
have
any
voice
in
directing
its
affairs.
But
there
is
another
view
of
this
subject
I
wish
to
present.
W
hatever
may
be
the
moral
or
intellectual
condition
of
persons
immi°raiin<»
to
this
country,
they
and
their
descendants
are
to
share
with
us
in
one
political
destiny,
and
their
influence
for
good
or
for
evil
is
felt
and
must
continue
lo
be
felt
a
s
long
as
our
present
form
ot
government
endures.
I
regard
them
as
oojects
ot
especial
interest
to
the
patriot
and
philanthropist,
and
1
would
exert
myself
to
the
extent
of
all
my
powers
to
elevate
a
n
d
improve
their
moral,
social
and
intellectual
condition—
The
State
perhaps
has
done
alt
that
in
this
re­
spect
is
demanded,
but
unfortunately
the
immi-
g
ian
t
has
been
ihe
prey
of
demagogues,
who
h
u
e
on
the
one
hand
foully
practiced
upon
them,
instilling
into
their
minds
wrong
notions
of
things
and
a
rilully
contriving
to
lead
them
into
wrong
political
action
;
on
the
other
hand
they
have
been
assailed
by
another
class
who
from
mere
purpose
of
personal
ambition,
or
influenc­
ed
by
narrow
and
bigotpd
views
and
feelin\*!
would
excite
popular
prejudices
against
them.
I
Y
hatever
evils
may
hive
been
apprehended
t
by
the
orderly,
patriotic
portion
of
the
loretgn
people
of
this
country
to
arise
from
the
increase
of
foreign
population,
result
from
tnese
c
treiim
-1
stances.
It
requires
but
a
moment’s
reflection
!
to
show
that
one
great
object
is
to
elevate
this
I
class
to
a
position
above
these
influences.—
'
w
h
a
tever
measures
are
necessary
to
accom­
plish
this
object,
should
be
adopted,
and
none
in
my
judgem
ent
are
so
effectual
as
to
convince
the
adopted
citizen*
that
they
are
in
the
stron»
sense
ol
natural
right,
entertained
by
the
Amer\
ican
people,
not
only
secured
in
their
preseni
political
privileges,
but
that
„o
attempt
can
be
successfully
made,
or
any
policy
adopted
to
in­
terpose
new
obstacles
in
the
way
of
all
,hose
seeking,
t0
acquire
the
right
of
citizenship.
ih
e
hon
Speaker,
availing
himself
of
there
marks
oi
the
gentleman
from
New
York,
(M
r
Morrison.)
has.
with
his
usual
ad
roan
e
s
s
,'en­
deavored
lo
represent
the
Whig
pariv
ns
enter­
taining
the
same
sentimcivs,
and
seek
in**
to
se­
cure
the
same
object
through
a
convention
'
I
am
not
surprised
that
the
hon.
Speaker
should
really
enteriain
that
opinion.
He“
el
\
A
a
school
of
polities
where
sudden
changes
of
views
and
policy
a
re
tolerated
and
practiced.
W
h
him
and
hts
party,
there
is
nothing
mronsisiem
in
advocating
the
measures
at
th
i
s
session
that
vvere
denounced
and
voted
against
at
the
las,
All
this
is
consistent
with
his
political
creed
and
acceptable
doubtless,
to
l.is
constituents
-
But
I
am
not
so
fortunate.
I
a
0
n
o
t
a
party
Wnere
such
versatility
of
p
o
h
S
h
i
h
is
tolerated
;
nor
do
I
represent
a
c
,
that
lolerales
it.
i
t
woolPj
not.
j
'«
■
£
out
the
sanction
of
distinguished
precedent
la
n
d
my
Whig
fnendsio
1
X
1
-
^
''
™
m
ents
ue
have
held,
and
expressed
'
on
the
subject
of
naturalization.
gentleman
(M
r.
Simmons)
who
that
y
e
ar
repre­
sented
the
county
of
Essex,
and
was
chairman
of
ihe
judiciary
committee.
I
am
happy,
how­
ever,
to
know
that
the
re-organization
of
the
1
judiciary
as
embraced
in
the
proposed
amend­
ments
of
1811,
meet
the
approval
of
the
gentle­
man
from
O
n
eida;
for
in
my
judgm
ent
they
contain
the
vpry
system
or
the
general
outlines
of
the
system
on
which
our
judiciary
must
be
based
to
make
it
effective.
I
agiee
entirely
with
the
gentleman
from
Oneida
in
his
remark,
that
they
present
the
best
system
that
has
been
proposed
;
but
I
must
dissent
from
him
altogeth­
er,
when
he
asserts
that
the
proposed
amend­
ments
relating
to
the
judiciary,
now
under
con­
sideration,
are
of
the
same
character.
(M
r.
W.
here
adverted
to
the
distinction
between
the
two
classes
of
amendments,
and
showed
that
they
bore
no
resemblance
to
each
other.)
M
r.
W
,
then
proceeded
to
reply
to
lliehonaor
ble
Speaker
in
relation
to
the
financial
amend­
ments,
but
this
portion
ofhis
rem
arks
is
deferred
(O
another
occasion.
D
o
i
n
g
s
o
f
t
h
e
L
e
g
i
s
l
a
t
u
r
e
.
The
Legislature
has
been
in
Session
128
days
—a
large
share
of
which
lime
was
spent
m
de­
bating
and
w
rangling
tn
a
m
a
n
n
er
highly
dis­
reputable
to
the
state—But
when
the
time
for
adjourning
drew
nigh,
bills
were
rattled
through
in
a
way
that
brought
up
all
deficiencies
as
to
number—some
six
or
eight
gros*,
we
believe,
being
passed
in
a
dozen
honrs—some
of
thexn
of
an
im
portant
c
h
aracter.
The
vvnoleNo.
pas­
sed
is
367,
of
which
the
following
alone
can
be
of
interest
to
our
readers
:
To
prevent
persons
appearing
disguised
and
armed.
To
amend
“
An
act
to
reduce
the
num
b
er
of
Canal
Commissioners,
and
to
provide
for
their
election
by
the
people,”
passed
May
6,
1844.
To
amend
an
act
inlitled
“
An
act
to
incorpo­
rate
Medical
societies
for
the
purpose
of
regulat­
ing
the
practice
o
f
physic
and
surgery
in
this
state,”
passed
April
10,
1813.
Extending
an
act
for
tl.e
relief
of
the
New-
York
Institution
for
the
instruction
of
the
deaf
and
d
u
m
b
To
amend
the
act
emiiled
“
An
act
toincrease
the
revenues
of
the
Siate,
by
extending
the
market
for
salt,
coal
and
lead,’’
passed
April
18,
1
8
4
3
.
To
pay
the
militia
called
into
service
in
De­
cember
1
8
4
4
,
and
January
1815,
and
for
other
purposes.
In
relation
to
Montezuma
salt.
Relative
to
pilots
and
Pilotage
by
w
ay
of
Sandy
Hi
ok.
To
extend
the
acts
to
promote
agriculture.
To
enforce
the
laws
and
pre.*eive
order.
To
amend
“
An
act
in
relation
to
Sta'e
pri­
sons,”
passed
May
1
IS
14.
To
amend
an
net
entitled
“
An
aet
to
improve
the
inlet
of
the
C
a
y
n
g
a
lake.”
In
relation
to
the
acknow
ledgmcnt
and
proof
of
deeds
and
mortgages.
In
relation
to
the
recording
of
p
a
in
ts
for
lands
in
certain
cases.
In
relation
to
the
powers
of
receivers
and
committees
o[
lunatics
and
habitual
drunkards.
Relative
to
the
census
or
enumeration
of
the
inhabitants
of
the
State.
In
relation
to
carrying
theU
nited
States
mail
on
rail
roads.
To
increase
the
capital
of
the
common
School
Fund.
To
prevent
the
disturbance
of
evening
schools
in
the
several
school
district
houses
in
this
State.
In
relation
to
the
contracts
of
railroad
com­
panies.
In
relation
to
liens
created
by
the
several
acts
for
the
better
security
of
the
mechanic.*
and
others
erecting
buildings
and
furnishing
materials
therefor.
To
amend
the
Revtsed
Stalotes
relating
to
the
distribution
of
the
assets
of
a
person
dying
in­
testate.
To
facilitate
the
construction
of
Morse’s
Elec­
tro
Magnetic
Telegraph.
Recommending
a
convention
of
the
people
of
this
Stale.
To
punish
the
procurement
of
abortion
and
fur
other
purposes.
|
To
amend
an
act
entitled
“
An
act
authoriz­
ing
a
loan
of
certain
moneys
belonging
to
the;
United
States,
deposited
with
the
State
of
Nevv-
York,
lor
safe
keeping,”
passed
April
4,
1837.
To
prevent
frauds
in
the
use
of
false
stamps
and
labels.
For
the
publication
of
the
session
laws
in
two
newspapers
in
each
county
of
this
State.
Relating
to
excise
and
licensing
retailers
of
intoxica
ing
liquors.
To
incorporate
the
Tort
Byron
and
Savannah
Turnpike
Road
and
Bridge
Company.
For
the
relief
of
Josiah
Barber.
To
amend
an
act
entitled
“
an
act
for
the
re­
lief
ol
partners
ami
joint
d
e
b
t
o
r
s
p
a
s
s
e
d
April
is.
183S.
To
provide
for
the
construction
o
f
a
Rail
Road
from
the
head
of
the
Seneca
Lake
to
the
New
York
and
E
rie
Rail
Road
in
the
County
of
Chem
u
n
g
.
To
perfect
amendments
lo
the
Constitution
in
relation
to
the
removal
of
judicial
officers
and
the
property
qualification
for
office.
forming
the
first
instance
that
such
result
has
occurred.
But
alih.-ugh
the
H
u
nkers
thought
this
an
easy
method
of
shaking
off
troubles,
the
Barnburning
portion
vvere
not
to
be
thus
kept
in
the
shade.
They
had
begun
to
feel
their
power—to
finger
the
spoils—and
it
was
by
no
means
su'ted
to
their
feelings
lo
have
all
oppor­
tunity
of
expressing
their
rejoicings
withheld.
Accordingly
the
Saturday’s
Atlas
contains
their
Address,
signed
by
13
Senators
and
30
Assem-
bjytnen,
in
which
they
have
taken
occasion
to
bespatter
with
all
praise
the
Convention
Bill,
as
it
passed,
and
Gov.
W
right’s
Veto
!
This,
as
a
matter
of
course,
creates
no
little
sensation
on
the
opposite
faction,
and
the
way
the
Argus
of
Monday
whines
over
all
such
doings
is
truly
touching.
N
early
two
columns
of
that
paper,
are
occupied
with
grief
and
indignation,
as
well
as
(in
the
language
of
the
Alb.
Jour.)
with
a
history
of
the
grievances
under
which
the
Old
Hunker
division
are
borne
down
by
their
exult,
ing
opponents.
\\'e
are
told
of
the
“
violations
ol
caucus
proceedings
and
usages
in
several
way
j”
—of
the
pn
miulgation
of
caucus
secrets
to
the
wicked
Whigs—of
Senator
Porter’s
obsti­
nacy
in
refusing
to
comply
with
the
demands
of
the
“
Old
H
u
n
k
e
rs”
—and
finally
with
the
pre­
sentation
c'fthe
Address,
as
now
published
in
the
Allas,
with
the
unconditional
ultim
atum
that
that
must
and
should
be
the
“Shibboleth”
of
fe-
ally
!
“
This,
of
course,”
says
the
Argus,
“pre­
cludes
the
cc-operation
of
a
majority
of
the
!
Democratic
’
members
of
the
Legislature!”
G
e
n
.
J
a
c
k
s
o
n
’
s
H
e
a
l
t
h
.
—According
to
ac­
counts
from
Nashville,
to
the
4th
inst.
General
Jackson’s
health
is
fast
failing.
“
Symptoms
of
dropsy
have
intervened.
H
is
legs
a
re
swollen
from
his
feel
up
to
his
abdomen,
and
his
respi­
ration
is
feeble
and
difficult.”
And
it
would
not
astonish
any
one
lo
hear
of
his
decease
at
any
moment.
It
must
be
tlmt
wo
liftvc
heretofore
done
the
now
editor
of
the
Toc«in
nn
unintentional
wrong,
(judging
from
his
louder
of
lust
week,)
forw
c
have
been
disposed
tu
look
upon
him
as
a
person
possessing
some
small
share
of
common
sense
—
hut
if
there
is
any
thing
like
either
good
sense
or
common
sense
there
exhibited,
wo
should
like
right
well
to
have
it
pointed
out.
Mr.
How
was
then
prepniing
his
leading
arti­
cle
for
his
second
paper—and
o
f
wlmt
els
•
is
that
leader
to
consist
h
u
t
nn
a
ttack
upon
the
way
in
which
we
have
,-cen
fit
to
put
in
type
the
originnl
m
atter
o
f
the
Journal.
Him­
self
It
lawyer,
and
uncording
to
his
own
showing,
knowing
nothing
of
printing
or
o
f
editing,
rending
lessons
to
those
who
have
to
say
the
least,
had
some
little
experience
in
each
branch!
_
From
the
time
we
first
took
charge
of
this
paper,
it
Ims
been
ottr
aim,
ns
well
by
jirnctice
as
precept,
to
force
upon
ail
correspondents,
the
great
importance
o
f
brevity
;
in
which
we
have
so
tar
succeeded
that
not
unfrcipiently
some
dozen
or
more
of
their
favors
mny
be
crowded
into
a
single
column
T
o
uvoiil
the
ncce*Mtv
o
f
wasting
room,
bv
heading
eacli
arti
-
d
o
with
n.
lino
o
f
41
F
o
r
the
Journal,*’
(ns
perhaps
the
newedi
tor
of
tho
Tocsin
mav
deem
the
best
way,)
we
have
fur
yours
adopted
the
nructice’o
f
appending
to
every
article
not
writ-
ten
by
outsell',
a
word,
a
letter,
or
some
other
equally
distin-
guish’ing
mark,
us
a
*,
a
f
,
a
J,
a
or
any
thing
eNe
iliut
is
nearest
a
t
hand,
or
th
a
t
best
suits
the
whim
o
f
the
m
o
m
e
n
t;
nnd
imivlmp
should
the
worthy
editor
alluded
to,
hcreuftcr
favor
us
with
a
communication,
we
might
think
it
hy
no
means
inappropriate
to
affix
to
it
by
way
of
signature,
**
T
h
e
Great
Rejected.”
So
much
iu
answer
to
ail
his
nonsense
about
“
the
*
editor,’*
“
tbe
f
editor,”
&c.
Mr.
Mow
then
says
that
the
charge
that
he
has
heretofore
been
concerned
in
editorial
labor
is
unjust—as
all
tho
arti­
cles
he
Ims
ever
published
in
political
papers
h
ave
been
us
communications.
-If
this
is
true
(as
we
are
bound
to
presume
it
is)
he
his
in
truth,
been
“
very
much
belied.”
He
then
goes
on
to
give
us
his
creed
as
to
the
duties
of
an
editor—one
point
of
which,
it
seems,
consists
in
placing
his
name
nt
the
head
o
f
the
column.
W
e
will
admit
that
with
a
paper
like
the
Tocsin,
which
for
the
six
or
seven
years
it
has
been
in
existence,
has
3md,
known
and
unknown,
almost
as
many
editors
as
there
are
“
stars
in
the
Milky
W
a
y
/
’
this
is
all
r
g
h
t
and
proper—Hut
1*11
a
case
like
our
own,
where
it
i*
known
to
every
reader
thatfrom
the
time
we
first
took
charge
of
this
paper
some
IG
years
ago.
to
the
present
time,
we
have
(withthcevccption
of’ihree
m
onths,nt
which
tim
etheclm
nge
u
as
duly
announced)
been
its
only
editor,
as
well
as
the
only
\\
riter
o
f
its
editorial*?,—we
think
the
case
is
different.
A
t
nny
rate
v
c
shall
not
attem
pt
to
vie
with
our
neighbor
in
this
respect,
a
t
least
until
he
has
lost
a
portion
o
f
his
■■
------
The
vile
slanders
of
Locofocoism
during
the
past
campaign,
are
from
day
to
day
exhibited
in
all
their
deformity.
As
one
of
the
last
samples
we
refer
to
the
base
attacks
of
the
editor
of
the
la
te
New
York
Plebeian
(a
paper
which,
haVing
done
up
ihe
dirty
work
of
that
parly
for
some
years,
h
as
recent1)*
closed
its
career,)
upon
D
a­
vid
M.
N
agle.
These
attacks
were
altogether
uncalled
for
and
unfounded—and
we
rejoice
to
see
that
a
New
York
jury
has
just
given
a
ver­
dict
ol
$500
in
favoi
of
Mr.
N.
OLD
HUNKERISM.
Much
wit
and
talent
have
been
employed
in
defining
‘
old
H
u
n
k
erism
.”
It
ha*
been
a
fruit­
ful
theme
for
the
learned
and
unlearned;
for
ri­
val
(actions
and
oppositionists.
It
has
given
in­
spiration
to
the
painter
and
the
poets
B
u
t
nev­
er
has
it
fallen
to
my
lot
to
see
a
more
just
def­
inition,
a
more
faithful
illustration,
or
a
more
truthful
portraiture
o
f
Old
Hunkerism
,
than
Old
Hunkerism
has
made
of
itself,
in
the
leading
article
o
f
the
last
num
b
e
r
o
f
the
Cayuga
Patriot;
(its
organ
in
this
county,)
entitled
the
“Auburn
States
Prison.”
There
we
may
behold
Old
Hunkerism
in
all
its
varied
aspects
;
in
its
lights
and
shades—in
its
rich
beauties—in
its
naked
deformities—in
its
sublime
grandeur—in
itssu
preme
ridiculousness.
W
e
may
there
see
its
lofty
and
aristocratic
assumptions,
and
its
base,
cur-like,
sycophancy—its
exclusive
claims
to
patriotism,
and
its
consummate,
super-eminent
selfishness—iis
loud
boasting
of
magnanimity
and
generosity,
a
n
d
its
unblushing,
miserly
quid
pro
quo
political
bargaining;
its
duplicity,
false­
hood,
and
detestable
chicanery
in
seeking—-its
vulture-rapacity
in
clutching—its
death-grasp
tenacity
in
retaining
and
its
bitter
agony
in
re­
linquishing
office
a
n
d
“
spoils,”
—its
thirst
for
vengeance,
and
its
fierce
denunciations
against
those
o
f
the
same
political
household,
who
“
com­
mend
its
poisoned
chalice
to
its
own
lips.”
And
then
these
denunciations!
who
does
not
see
that
they
a
re
filled
to
the
brim
and
overflowing
with
truth.
Verily,
Old
Hunkerism
is
scarcely
more
happy
in
portraying
itself,
than
in
sketching
the
character
ol
its
B
arnburning
rivals.
“Look
on
this
picture,
and
then
on
that,”
and
say
if
there
be
political
damnation
deep
enough
for
either
faction.
But
let
us
proceed
to
the
article
;
and
if
I
in­
tersperse
it
with
a
few
comments,
I
hope
I
shall
not
be
deemed
lo
have
taken
au
unwarrantable
liberty.
A
lter
announcing
that
Gov.
Bouck’s
Inspect­
ors
of
Auburn
Stale
Prison,
have
been
supre-
ceded
by
Gov.
W
right’s
Inspectors,
the
ar­
ticle
proceeds
:
“
To
say
that
this
nomination
was
h
eard
of
with
regret
in
this
community
would
be
b
ut
a
feeble
expression
of
the
public
feeling
general­
ly.”
Now,
ihe
truth
is,
there
was
no
surprise
at
a
l
l
;
it
was
just
what
every
body
expected,
and
jost
what
every
body
wished—or
iT
there
was
a
n
y
surprise
about
it,
it
was
because
the
nomination
was
not
made
long
ago.
“
We
are
given
to
understand
that
in
this
matter
Gov.
W
right
has
declared
that
he
has
la
ken
the
counsel
anil
advice
ol
John
Porter,
Sen­
ator,
a
n
d
of
W
illiam
Titus
and
Leonard
Sear­
ing.
Members
of
Assembly,
and
thai
he
should
hold
them
responsible
for
it.
Our
business
is
with
the
act
itself
and
iis
consequences,
where­
soever
the
responsibility
may
be
shifted.
Those
individuals
certainly
are
not
placed
in
a
very
enviable
situation
in
regard
to
it.
W
h
at,
the
“
Cato
of
America”
taking
“
coun­
sel
and
advice
from
John
Porter
?”
“
W
hat
a
fall
is
there
my
countrym
e
n
!”
Perhaps,
though,
John
Porter
has
risen
to
be
“
Cato
the
elder,”
(for
“
Progressive
Democracy”
sometimes
brings
marvellous
things
to
pass
)
If
so,
it
is
not
so
strange
that
he
should
have
been
consulted
;
but
it
is
strange,
passing
strange
that
he
and
Mr.
Titus
and
M
r.
Searing
should
have
dared
to
assume
such
a
tremendous
responsibility,
should
have
placed
themselves
in
such
an
“
un­
enviable
position.”
They
certainly
m
ust,
in
an
evil
hour,
have
forgotten
their
duty
and
obliga­
tions,
or
they
would
not
thus
have
rendered
themselves
obnoxious
to
the
wrathful
indigna­
tion
and
direful
vengeance
of
the
“Democratic
administration
of
the
State
Prison,”
Be
the
“
consequences”
on
their
own
heads!
“
Messrs.
Noble
and
Goodwin
in
the
late
Board
were
placed
there
on
the
urgent
solicita­
tion
of
the
same
John
Porter.
Messrs.
Titus
and
Searing
knew
well
that
when
they
were
nominated
and
elected
by
the
democracy
of
Cayuga,
such
a
course
of
conduct
on
their
pari
could
not
have
been
anticipated.
They
had
both
of
them
declared
publicly
their
opinion
that
no
change
should
be
made
in
the
State
Prison
Inspection.
Mr.
Searing
was
nominated
as
their
friend
and
after
h
is
election
freely
express­
ed
the
same
opinion.
If
the
democracy
of
this
county
could
have
foreseen
the
factious
and
dis­
honest
partizansbip
of
those
members
they
nev­
er
would
have
received
a
nomination.”
For
shame,
John
P
o
rter!
IIow
could
you
op­
pose
the
re-nominalion
of
Messrs.
Goodwin
and
Noble
to
the
same
office,
to
which
only
two
short
years
ago,
they
had
been
appointed
a
t
y
o
u
r
“
ur­
gent
solicitation!”
Call
you
this
sticking
to
your
friends?
Is
this
your
well
known
consis
lencyl
Is
this
the
pure
republicanism
in
which
you
have
been
so
long
schooled?
Is
this
your
“
Progressive
Democracy
?”
Really,
i
f
it
were
not
positively
asserted,
that
you
are
the
“
same
John
Porter.”
I
would
never
have
believed
it.—
And
you,
Messrs.
Titus
and
Searing,
how
dared
you,
a
fter
the
pledges
you
gave,
aye,
the
solemn
bargain
you
made
previous
to
your
nomination,
“
that
no
change
should
be
made
in
the
State
P
r
i
s
o
n
I
n
s
p
e
c
t
o
r
s
,
”
(
a
n
d
p
a
r
t
i
c
u
l
a
r
l
y
y
o
u
,
B
Ir.
Scaring,
who
was
their
familiar
friend,
and
from
whom
they
did
not
expect
such
base
ingratitude)
—
I
s
a
y
,
h
o
w
d
a
r
e
d
y
o
u
p
u
r
s
u
e
a
“
c
o
u
r
s
e
o
f
c
o
n
-
duct”
which
the
Democratic
administration
of
the
State
Prison
“
could
not
have
anticipated
?”
Do
you
suppose,
that
if
the
“
Democracy
of
this
county
could
have
foreseen
your
factious
and
dishonest
partizanship,”
the
hall
of
the
Capital
would
have
resounded
with
the
thunders
of
your
eloquence
?
After
considerable
pompous
self
glorification,
on
the
financial
and
moral
improvement
in
the
condition
of
the
Institution,
the
article
contin­
ues
:
“
In
this
slate
of
things,
wholly
without
char­
ges
to
even
whisper
against
these
public
offi­
cers,
it
has
been
left
for
the
administration
of
Si'as
W
right,
to
remove
one
set
o
f
democrats
to
make
room
for
another,
with
an
avowed
design
and
purpose
of
a
general
change
in
the
minor
offices
ot
the
Prison.
Following
evil
counsels
and
under
a
malign
influence
he
has
apparently
forgotten
what
was
due
to
brethren
in
the
same
political
field
;
he
has
forgotten
those
high
con
siderations
due
to
the
Institution
itself
from
a
Statesman,
as
one
embracing
interests
co-exien-
sive
with
the
Slate
and
too
delicate
far
to
be
trampled
under
foot
in
the
strifes
of
contending
factions
;
he
lias
forgotten
what
was
due
to
pub­
lic
officers
faithfully
and
successlully
discharg­
ing
the
duties
devolved
upon
them.
Deeply
do
we
regret
that
he
has
been
thus
misled,
far,
far
away
from
the
path
of
wisdom
and
political
pro
prieiy.
We
regret
the
disastrous
effects
which
it
is
producing
and
will
produce
upon
our
pros­
pects
here.
These
effects
are
already
seen
in
tlxe
deep
feeling
of
indignation
which
pervades
ination
o
f
Mr.
Polk,
despite
the
coldness
ol
these
now
“
victors,”
—over
those
who
did
a
great
portion'-of
the
labor
and
paid
a
great
share
of
the
enormous
expenses
of
the
last
election,
but
whose
chief
offence
is
that
they
were
friends
of
Gov.
Bouck,
and
have
scouted
the
pettifogging
Shuffling
by
which
certain
Northern
“
dough­
faces”
would
have
endangered
the
immediate
annexation
of
Texas.
“
The
roll
of
this
rejoicing
“
cannon”
may
perhaps
open
the
eyes
of
the
Governor
to
the
spirit
and
designs
ol
the
men,
he
has
been
mis­
led
inlo
promoting
at
so
great
sacrifice
of
good
faith,
in
the
face
of
numerous
petitions—of
the
public
wish—and
of
the
advice
of
his
own
most
discreet
friends.
At
all
events
we
believe
he
will
yet
be
satisfied
by
the
voice
of
the
democ­
racy
of
this
county,
that
he
lias
not
chosen
in
this
case
either
wisely
or
well
”
Oh!
ye
“
Young
Democracy,”
ye
Barnburn­
er*,
ye
Giffins
and
Rathbuns
and
Palm
ers
and
Sherwoods
and
Poulsons,
did
ye
not
on
the
al­
tar
of
the
spliced
hickory
swear
eternal
friend­
ship
with
the
old
H
unkers?
And
do
ye
not
owe
to
them
a
debt
of
everlasting
gratitude?
W
as
it
not
from
the
old
H
unkers,
that
ye
first
de­
rived
enlightenment
as
to'the
existence,
where­
abouts
and
nam
e
of
Jam
es
K.
Polk
?
not
go
about
asking
“
who
the
d
Polk?
The
last
Tocsin
relers
to
“
ihe
assumed
divis­
ions
of
H
u
n
k
er
ami
Barnburner.”
Judging
from
ihe
m
anner
in
which
ihe
H
u
n
k
ers
have
lo-t
their
heads
dursng
the
past
week
upon
the
newly
erected
Barnburner
guilloiinein
the
Slate
Prison,
we
should
suppose
that
this
was
about
as
clear
a
case
of
assumption
as
is
often
seen
!
We
have
been
informed
by
one
who
ought
to
know,
that
no
“
affidavits”
were
furnished
to
the
Senate,
in
the
case
of
M
r.
How’s
rejection,
as
was
suggested
as
common
rumor
in
our
tost.
We
therefore
make
lire
correction.
!
on
this
floor,
When
Ihad
the
honor
o
f’adjVe«;„„
,1
•
mittee,
the
other
day,
up,.n
these
c<
irei
i'S,C°
mi
amendments,
I
endeavored
lo
ihow
hat
“
he”e
financial
amendment*
went
rn
i
i
.
h
^
A
,
»■
-
«
w
*
.
—
*«■<■
I
z
the
canal
revenues
of
.he
State,
under
pretence
of
paying
the
State
debt,
and
thereby
pre/sm
their
appropriation
until
the
last
dollar
of
om.
staoding
State
stock
was
actually
redeemed
to
the
completion
of
the
public
works
now
in
prog­
ress.
In
the
course
of
mv
remarks.
I
th
in
l/l
sufficiently
demonstrated
that
the
surplus
canal
tolls
would
in
a
few
years
accumulate
in
the
hands
of
the
commissioners
of
the
canal
fund
large
sums,
which
they,
under
the
act
of
1842
and
this
constitutional
provision
would
hold
m
defiance
of
the
Legislature,
and
which
could
not
be
appropriated
to
any
purpose
whatever.
At
that
time,
I
uas
not
aware
that
I
was
using
any
argum
ents
which
had
been
before
advanced.
]
had
not
the
pleasure
of
knowing
'h
a
t
the
views
I
pin
forth
so
feebly,
h
id
been,
at
the
last
session,
ably
and
powerfully
advocated
by
the
hon.
Speaker
of
this
Hou*e
It
is
due,
perhaps,
to
lhal
gentleman,
that
I
should
repeat
here
what
I
said
on
the
occasion
to
which
I
allude,
nnd
which
may
he
found
in
the
Albany
Argus
o
f
the
22d
March,
1844.
H
e
then
said
:
A
m
e
r
ic
a
n
T
r
a
c
t
S
o
c
i
f
t
y
.
—The
Twentieth
Anniversary
was
held
in
the
Tabernacle
this
morning.
The
assemblage
was
very
numerou*,
a
greai
portion
of
which
were
ladies,
Hon.
The­
odore
Frelinghuysen
presided.
The
annual
Re­
port
of
the
Society,
is
interesting
an
abstract
of
which
is
as
follows
:
The
Society
have
publish­
ed
in
all
1.176
different
publications
The
whole
n
u
m
b
e
r
o
f
p
a
a
e
s
s
t
e
r
e
o
t
y
p
e
d
in
d
i
f
f
e
r
e
n
t
l
a
n
­
guages
is
52
717.
Circulated
during
the
year
371.757
volumes,
5.626
610
publications,
152,-
727,229
pages,
m
aking
the
whole
number-of
pa­
stes
circulated
in
twenty
vears,
1.543,053,796.—
Receipts
for
the
y
ear
$152.376—exceeding
those
of
last
y
ear
by
$43,S92.
The
state
of
the
Soci­
ety
generally
is
highly
encouraging.—N
.
Y
.
Tribune.
fET’
The
“
Campanologian
Brothers,”
or
Bell
Ringers,
give
a
Concert
at
ChedelVs
Concert
Room,
on
Monday
evening
next.
This
unique
performance
partakes
much
of
the
wonderful,
and
should
be
seen
a
n
d
beard
by
all
lovers
ot
harm
ony.
It
excites
much
astonishment,
that
seven
persons,
as
one
man,
should
execute
m
u
­
sic
with
rapid
variations,
each
ringing
the
notes
assigned
io
him
im
the
stave,
in
iheir
proper
time,
producing
melody
lhal
seems
not
of
earth,
but
o
f
a
heavenly
mature
;
it
display*
much
nte
chanical
skill,
and
great
accuracy
of
ear,
and
has
not
been
acquired
without
long
and
inces­
sant
practice.
They
will
be
assisted
by
Mr.
C.
L.
Underner,
the
celebrated
Flutist,
a
P
ianist.a
Vocalist,
and
a
Glee
Club,
which
forms
an
at­
traction
worthy
tbe
attention
of
our
citizens,
who
should
not
lose
this
rare
opportunity,
but
go
and
witness
the
extraordinary
perfection
to
which
these
minstrels,
in
their
way,
have
brought
the
science
of
music.
*
^
H
e
a
r
t
ren
d
in
g
-
a
f
f
a
i
r
.
—
We
learn,
says
the
Cincinnati
Commercial,
that
a
most
heart
rend­
ing
affair
took
place
at
Ham
ilton,
Ohio,
on
Saturday
last.
A
young
man
at
that
place
was
crossing
the
Miami
river
on
horseback,
with
his
intended
wife,
a
lovely
girl,
when
the
latter’s
horse
stumbled
and
she
fell
inlo
the
w
ater.—
H
er
lover
hasiened
io
her
assistance,
when
she
threw
her
arm
s
around
his
neck.
The
current
carried
them
both
into
deep
water,
both
were
drowned,
while
locked
in
each
other’s
arm
s.
__
On
Sunday
the
budv
of
the
young
man
had
been
recovered,
and
between
one
and
two
thou­
sand
persons
were
gathered
to
search
lor
the
other.
A
c
c
i
d
e
n
t
.
—Bishop
De
Lancy,
while
on
his
way
ftora
Batavia
lo
E
.
Bethany
yesterday
eve
niug
in
company
with
the
Rev.
W.
Bowles
to
attend
a
lecture
in
that
village,
met
with
a
severe
accident
in
the
following
m
a
n
n
e
r:—It
seems
that
the
horses
of
the
vehicle
in
which
they
rode
took
fright,
and
the
Bishop
attempted
to
jum
p
o
u
t
;
in
doing
which
he
fell
upon
his
face,
bruising
him
badly,
but
without
fracturing
the
skull.
He
lav
insensible
for
several
hours,
and
is
said
to
be
in
a
critical
condition.
We
sincerely
hope
that
we
have
the
worst
of
this
.report.
We
are
obliged
to
W
.
Penfield,
Mail
Agent
of
the
Attica
and
Rochester
Rail-road.
for
the
above
informal
ion.—[Roch.Dem
of
Satur­
day.
The
fivor
o
f
“
C
s
t
iz
e
n
,
”
our
next.
shall
have
a
place
in
the
whole
community
A
la
s
!
how
uncertain,
how
evanescent
are
earthly
titles!
Il
is
no
longer
the
“
Cato
of
A
m
e
r
i
c
a
i
t
is
no
longer
‘
His
Excellency
;’
it
is
no
longer
Governor
W
right.
It
is
S
ilas!
plain
Silas
W
rig
h
t!
“
The
noblest
Roman
of
them
all”
has
“
been
misled
far,
far
away
from
the
path
of
wisdom
and
political
propriety.”
__
He
has
forgotten
what
was
due
to
the
Demo­
cratic
administration
of
the
State
Prison
!
He
has
forgotten
and
tram
p
led
under
foot
those
‘
I
r
ish
con
s
id
e
r
a
tio
n
s
'
a
n
d
th
o
s
e
d
e
licate
interests
which
rendered
it
both
expedient
a
n
d
necessary
that
there
should
be
no
change
in
that
admints
tration.
He
has
forgotten
that
cardinal
doc­
trine
of
the
democratic
freed,
perpetuity
in
office,
and
has
dared
to
remove
?
no,
but,
the
terms
of
office
o
f
certain
incumbents
having
expired,
to
nominate
new
officers
to
fill
their
places,
without
being
prepared
to
beslow
upon
those
incumbents
higher
and
more
lucrative
offices!
W
as
there
ever
an
act
of
such
consummate
folly—of
such
egregious
blindness?
of
such
absolute
madness?
It
has
already
produced
a
“
deep
feeling
of
in
donation,”
from
Maine
to
California,
and
the
loss
of
Texas
and
Oregon
may
be
amongst
the
least
of
“
its
disastrous
e
ffects!”
“At
the
close
of
the
last
election
we
were
uni­
ted
as
a
party.
We
should
have
remained
so,
but
for
the
breach
of
faith
on
the
part
of
those
who
impelled
by
personal
motives
alone,
have
sought
this
change
in
the
Prison.
They
per­
sisted
although
they
knew
that
they
were
sow­
ing
broad-cast
the
seeds
o
f
disunion
and
were
rending
asunder
the
Kemocratic
party,
then
contented
and
united.
The
spirit
in
which
they
have
carried
on
this
personal
warfare
in
all
its
stages
was
fully
illustrated
by
the
ridiculous
in­
sult
of
firing
a
salute
of
over
forty
guns
on
the
result
of
the
appointment
o
f
the
four^new
In­
spectors
“
ff
any
thing
had
been
rvaniine
to
satisfy
the
democracy
ol
Cayuga
of
the
total
insincerity
of
the
professjons
of
these
men—of
their
disregard
for
the
harmony
of
their
parly
ahd
blind
p
ursuit
of
selfish
ends,
it
is
this
public
avowal
of
their
original
design,
made
in
the
exuha'ion
of
vic­
tory.
And
what
is
this
“
victory”
thus
exulted
in
with
indecent
rejoicings
and
firing
of
joyful
cannon
?
It
is
that
in
violation
of
solemn
pledg
es.
one
portion
of
democrats
are
to
be
removed
by
another
irom
some
forty-nine
offices
connec­
ted
with
the
Auburn
State
Prison.
And
who
celebrates
this
victory
?
W
ho
?
A
nd
over
whom
i?
it
celebrated?
W
hy
in
truth
over
those
who
lookup
and
carried
forward
the
nom-
Did
ye
1
is
Jam
es
K.
And
did
not
the
old
H
u
n
k
ers
satisfy
you
on
this
point
?
Did
they
not
swear
that
there
was
such
a
man,
that
they
had
heard
of
him
several
times,
and
that
he
must
be
a
very
great
man
too,
or
he
could
not
have
“
used
up”
at
Baltimore,
the
great
champion
of
Northern
democracy,
BIr.
Van
Buren
?
And
did
ye
not
by
degrees
come
to
believe
in-
his
existence
and
greatness
loo?
And
after
declaring
with
BIr.
Van
Buren,
opposition
to
the
immediate
annex­
ation
of
Texas,
did
not
the
Old
Hunkers
“
turn
Ihe
shortest
corner”
and
swear
with
BIr.
Polk,
that
Texas
ought
to
be
annexed
?
And
did
ye
not
soon
“
come
up
to
the
r
a
c
k
”
and
swear
the
sam
e
thing?
except
indeed,
a
“
certain
north­
ern
dough-face,
who
by
his
pettifogging
shuf-
fling,
endangered
the
immediate
annexation
of
Texas”
having
one
day
in
his
place
in
Con­
gress,
made
a
speech
against
it,
and
on
the
next,
‘under
the
tightening
ol
the
screws,
voted
in
its
favor
?
After
incurring
such
stupendous
ob­
ligations
to
the
Old
H
u
n
k
ers,
(lo
say
nothing
about
the
prodigious
labor
thej*
bestowed,
and
the
enorm
o
u
s
expenses
they
paid
in
the
last
election)
how
could
ye
be
guilty
of
such
a
‘
breach
of
faith”
as
to
seek
a
change
in
ihe
democratic
administration
of
the
State
Prison?
How
could
ye
be
guilty
of
such
black
ingrati­
tude
as
to
bring
about
the
removal
of
some
three
score
o
f
honest,
faithful,
pure
and
patriotic
public
officers,
not
with
the
high
and
philanthro­
pic
motive
that
prompted
those
officers
to
accept
and
to
hold
office,
but
with
the
interested,
sel­
fish,
spoils-seeking
design
of
getting
into
their
places
yourselves,
and
thus
“
sowingbroad
cast
the
seeds
of
disunion
and
rending
asunder
the
democratic
party
1”
And
to
fill
to
overflowing
the
m
easure
of
your
iniquity,
ye
have
in
exul­
tation
of
your
victory
over
those
with
whom
ye
so
lately
swore
eternal
friendship,
gone
to
firing
cannon
and
m
aking
indecent
rejoicings!
But
the
time
of
your
rejoicings
will
be
short—the
day
of
retribution
is
a
t
hand—the
roll
of
your
rejoicing
cannon,
may
reach
the
e
a
rs
of
Gover­
nor
W
right,
but
it
is
but
as
pop
guns,
to
the
aroused
and
indignant
“
voice
o
f
the
democracy
of
this
county,”
which
is
soon,
not
only
to
carry
terror
and
dismay
to
your
treacherous
hearts,
but
to
shake
the
walls
of
the
Capitol,
till
the
Chief
Executive
shall
tremble
in
his
chair
of
State.
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h
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Saraii,
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lo
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GOY.
W
R
IGHT’S
CANAL
YETO.
Gov.
W
right
has
come
out
with-a
Veto
upon
the
Canal
Bill
passed
by
the
recent
Legislature,
comprising
a
Message
of
some
seven
columns
of
o
u
r
p
aper.
As
our
columns
were
previously
occupied
with
an
article
of
altogether
more
im
­
portance,
its
insertion
to-day
was
out
of
the
queslton
;
and
had
it
been
otherwise
we-are
not
quite
sure
that
the
result
would
have
been
very
different.
I
f
the
Governor
wishes
to
get
his
no­
tions
before
the
people
generally,,
or
wishes
to
have
them
read,
he
will
find
it
of
some
little
benefit
lo
condense
and
compress
a
trifle
more
than
is
his
wont.
The
following
from
the
E
v
e
­
ning
Journal
of
Saturday
will
serve
to
exhibit
the
main
points
of
the
document
in
question:—
W
ithout
attempting
to
analyse
this
long,
heavy
document,
it
is
proper
to
admit
its
con­
sistency
with
the
views
and
opinions
which
Gov.
W
r
i
g
h
t
has
ever
held.
H
e
could
not.
without
a
gross
departure
from
those
views,
have
signed
a
bill
providing
for
t
he
resumption
o
f
the
Public
Works,
and
his
political
friends,
in
passing
such
a
Bill,
must
have
known
that
it
would
encoun­
ter
his
Vote.
H
is
Pariy
is
entitled
for
its
as-
cendancy
to
a
policy
utterly
hostile
to
the
Bill
they
'subm
itted
for
his
approval.
The
Erie
Canal
Enlargem
ent
and
the
Black
R
iver
and
Genesee
Valley
Canals
were
distinctly
r
e
p
u
d
i
a
­
t
e
d
first
by
the
People,
upon
an
issue
ialsely
presented
to
them,
and
then
by
the
Legislature
of
1842.
W
e
do
not
object
so
much
to
the
action
of
the
People,
a
s
to
the
conduct
of
the
Party
that
be­
wildered
and
misled
them.
The
repudiated
Canals
were
authorized
and
commenced
by
Loco
Foco
Legislatures,
acting
upon
the
blun­
dering
and
deceptive
estimates
and
reports
of
Loco
Foco
Engineers,
Canal
Commissioners
and
Canal
Board.
Those
Estimates
and
Re­
ports
led
the
People
lo
believe
that
the
Erie
Canal
could
be
Enlarged
for
$10,000,000,
the
Black
R
iver
Canal
consiructed
for
$800,000,
and
the
Genesee
Yalley
Canal
for
$2,000,000.
G
o
v
.
M
a
r
c
s
’,
in.
h
i
s
M
e
s
s
a
g
e
s
,
u
r
g
e
d
ih
e
“
Speedy
Enlargem
ent
of
the
E
rie
Canal.”
The
Loco
Foco
Canal
Commissioners
reporied
that
their
arrangements
contemplated
the
com­
pletion
of
the
Enlargem
ent
of
the
Erie
Canal
in
T
h
e
F
a
r
m
e
r
’
s
L
ib
r
a
r
y
.
—As
our
County
Ag­
ricultural
society
have
a
meeting
on
Saturday,
il
may
not
be
amiss
to
call
their
attention
to
a
new
monthly
about
to
be
commenced
under
the
above
title,
by
Blessrs.
Greely
and
BIc
E
lrath.
J
ohn
S.
S
k
i
n
n
e
r
,
long
and
favorably
known
for
his
labors
in
the
cause
of
Agriculture
is
to
be
its
Editor.
Each
No
is
to
contain
100
pages
__
50
to
be
occupied
in
the
publication
of
entire
works
of
interest
to
American
farmer*,
and
which
otherwise,
they
would
scarcely
ever
see—
and
the
other
50
to
shorter
articles,
such
as
more
immediately
belong
to
periodicals.
The
whole
will
form
two
large
octavo
volumes
of
600
pages
each—
The
price
$5.
A
prospectus
may
be
seen
at
this
office.
The
first
No.
to
appear
July
1
st.
H
a
r
p
e
r
’s
I
l
l
u
s
t
r
a
t
e
d
B
i
b
l
e
,
N
o
.
2
6
.
r
e
­
ceived
by
D
e
r
b
y
&
Co.
The
whole
work
to
be
completed
by
Christmas.
W
m
.
L
.
Crandall,
late
Editor
of
the
Ononda­
ga
Standard
having
associated
with
him,
James
Henry
jr.
of
this
county
as
corresponding
Edi­
tor,
will
publish,
at
Syracuse,
on
ihe
3d
of
June
nexl,
a
semi-monthly
paper,
to
be
called
T
h
e
N
e
w
Y
o
r
k
C
ommon
S
cho
ol
I
n
t
e
l
l
i
g
e
n
c
e
r
.—
One
depaitment
will
be
devoied
to
the
subject
of
Common
Schools.
The
other,
comprising
the
one
half
o
f
the
paper,
will
contain
a
statem
ent
of
political,
religious,
foreign
and
domestic
intelli­
gence.
Terms,
$1
per
annum
.
For
6
copies,
$
5
;
for
12
copies,
$10.
Paym
ent
in
advance.
—
H
erkim
er
Journal.
[A
prospectus
of
the
above
m
ay
be
seen
at
the
office
of
the
Aruburn
Journal.]
D
e
W
i
t
t
C
l
in
t
o
n
?
—The
remains
of
this
great
man,
and
true
friend
o
f
his
State,
have
been
de­
posited
in
the
beautiful
cemetery
at
Greenwood.
Let
no
more
costly
or
pretending
cenotaph
be
erected
over
them
than
a
durable
stone
lo
mark
the
spot.
No
monument
that
the
wisdom
of
man
could
devise,
could
be
so
proud
a
one
as
that
which
Mr.
Clinton,
in
his
life-time,
reared
for
himself.—[N.
Yr.
Express.
T
h
e
t
h
r
e
e
w
a
l
l
e
d
H
o
u
s
e
.—
A
letter
from
Albany
in
ihe
Commercial
Advertiser,
says
the
story
that
BIr.
Croswell,
o
f
the
Albany
Argus,
is
going
to
help
father
Ritchie
in
editing
“The
W
ashington
Union,”
the
Government
paper,
at
Washington,
is'generally
credited.
1845.
The
W
h
ig
P
a
rty,
incom
ing
into
power,
found
the
State
embarked
in
these
undertakings,
up
o
n
w
h
ic
h
s
e
v
e
r
a
l
m
i
l
l
i
o
n
s
ot
d
o
l
l
a
r
s
had-
b
e
e
n
expended,
and
contracts
made
for
the
expendi­
ture
of
other
millions.
W
e
therefore,
went
forward
with
the
Works
that
tour
predecessors
had
commenced.
It
was
soon
discovered
that
the
estimates
of
cost
were
grossly
inaccuraie
;
b
u
t
to
o
m
u
c
h
money
had
already
been
expended
lo
permit
the
idea
of
adamionment.
And,
besides,
it
was
ascertained
that
the
E
rie
Canal,
when
Enlarged,
thouglflthe
cost
of
Enlargem
ent
would
double
the
estimate,
might
be
saiely
re­
lied
upon
to
pay
the
Stale
Debt.
»
And
here
commences
the
history
of
Loco
Foco
profligacy
aud
destructiveness.
Com­
ptroller
F
l
a
g
g
prepared
a
C
ir
c
u
l
a
r
,
designed,
by
an
exaggeration
ot
the
state
Debt,
and
by
de­
preciating
our
resources,
to
alarm
capitalists
at
home
and
abroad.
The
Albany
Argus
and
its
echos
commenced
a
systematic
course
of
“
panic-
m
aking.”
By
piling
falsehood
upon
falsehood,
an
im
aginary
“
FO
R
T
Y
BULLION
D
E
B
T
”
was
created,
and
for
this
debt,
which
was
creat­
ed
partly
by
themselves,
and
wholly
in
the
pros­
ecution
of
W
orks
which
they
had
authorized,
the
Whig
Administration
was
held
responsible.
In
this
crusade
the
value
of
our
Stocks,
were
depreciated
and
the
credit
of
the
Slate
impaired.
The
eyes
and
ears
o
f
the
People
were
closed
to
reason
and
facts.
Bladness
reigned
and
false­
hood
triumphed.
Riding,
as
they
did,
into
power
upon
a
whirl­
wind,
they
availed
themselves
of
the
ruin
they
had
produced
as
an
argum
ent
in
favor
of
their
Destructive
policy.
The
Public
Works
were
suspended
and
repudiated.
The
People
were
subjected
to
Direct
Taxation
to
pay
the
Dama­
ges
incurred
by
stopping
those
W
orks!
The
Administration
proclaimed
to
the
World
that
nothing
more
was
io
be
done
for
the
cause
of
Improvement
uniil
the
Stale
Debt
was
paid,
ami
that
then
we
were
lo
proceed
as
fast
as
the
Surplus
Revenues
of
the
Canals
would
carry
us.
But
in
all
their
operations
the
Administra­
tion
has
steadily
labored
to
divert
and
diminish
these
Revenues.
The
Contractor
for
rebuilding
the
Locks
at
Lockporl,
for
example,
who
offered
to
complete
hi*
job
for
$130,000.
received
$74,-
000
for
stopping
it!
And,
in
addition
to
this
sum,
$10
000
has
been
expended
upon
this
con­
tract
since
the
woik
was
suspended.
Contractors
whose
business
was
broken
up
and
deranged,
after
geiting
what
they
could
ob­
tain
from
ihe
Canal
Board,
appealed
io
the
Legislature,
where,
for
the
two
last
sessions,
much
time
has
been
consumed
in
grinding
out
bills
for
their
relief;
and
we
are
constrained
to
add
that
too
many
ot
these
bills
have
been
passed,
less
wttli
reference
to
their
merits,
than
to
prevent
“
pel”
contractors
from
boiling.—
These
claims,
added
to
the
sums
already
paifl
to
Contractors,
will,
in
the
end,
amount
to
as
much
as
would
have
been
required
to
complete
tbe
E
rie
Enlargem
ent.
The
cause
ol
Internal
Improvement,
from
its
earliest
history,
in
this
State,
has
been
crippled
and
embarrassed
by
the
hostility
of
Tammany
Hall
and
the
old
Albany
Regency.
The
As­
sembly
Delegation
from
the
city
of
New
York,
aided
by
some
of
the
followers
of
the
Regency,
made
a
destructive
effort,
in
1819,
after
the
Middle
Section
of
the
Eire
Canal
was
nearly
completed,
to
r
e
p
u
d
ia
t
e
the
work,
and,
using
their
own
expression,
to
“
fill
up
the
big
ditch.”
Gov.
W
r
i
g
h
t
,
while
in
the
Senate
of
this
State
and
when
Comptroller,
lost
no
opportunity
of
assailing
the
cause
of
Improvement.
In
1830
the
Regency
Canal
Board
established
a
rale
of
Tolls
that
would
have
proved
ruinous
to
the
Canal
Fund,
had
not
the
People
and
the
Legis­
lature,
by
an
indignant
movement,
forced
them
to
abandon
their
ground.
S
u
d
s
e
q
u
e
m
l
y
la
r
g
e
a
n
d
w
a
s
t
e
f
u
l
d
e
m
a
n
d
s
were
made
upon
the
Canal
Fund
in
ihe
shape
01
p
r
e
m
iu
m
s
lo
r
S
t
o
c
k
s
p
u
r
c
h
a
s
e
d
b
e
f
o
r
e
th
e
y
were
redeemable
by
law.
And
much
larger
s
u
m
s
w
e
r
e
lo
s
t
t
o
t
h
e
T
r
e
a
s
u
r
y
by
t
h
e
s
y
s
t
e
m
a
t
i
c
assaults
made
by
the
Comptroller,
in
the
Leg­
islature,
in
their
Conventions
and
their
N
ew
s­
papers,
upon
the
credit
and
resources
of
the
State,
by
first
forcing
our
Stocks
into
m
arket
below
par,
and
then
compelling
the
State
to
pay
a
higher
rate
o
f
interest.
While
thus
alarming
capitalists
with
an
im
a­
ginary
“
F
o
r
t
y
Bln
l
io
n
D
e
b
t
,”
Repudiating
the
Canals
and
denouncing
the
whole
system
of
Internal
Improvement,
the
Locofocos
nominated
Colonel
B
o
uck
,
who,
as
a
Canal
Commissioner
had
favored
all
the
works
in
hand,
and
whose
endorsement
of
blundering
estimates
had
drawn
the
State
inlo
its
embarrassment,
as
their
candi­
date
for
Governor.
The
paity
was
then
called
up
in
to
supp.irt
ihe
man
whose
policy
and
m
ea­
sure*
were
denounced
bv
the
Convention
which
nominated
him
!
but
this
gross
inconsistency
—this
bold
duplicity—so
strong
was
popular
de­
lusion—did
not
disabuse
an
alarmed
but
mis­
guided
people.
The
fraud,
though
impudent,
and
bold
was
successfully
practised.
Its
conse­
quences,
however,
could
not
be
“
tramm
elled”
up.
The
men
who
combined
io
defraud
me
People,
soon
turned
upon
each
other,
and
after
riding
into
power
upon
the
“
Old
White
Horse,”
stripping
off
his
bridle
and
shoes,
they
lurned
him
out
io
starve.
Conscious
alike
of
their
un-
worthiness
and
their
weakness,
ihe
leaders
of
the
parly
felt
the
necessity
of
preseniing
their
strongest
man,
in
the
late
contest,
for
Governor.
The
nomination
was
iherefore
forced
upon
Sen­
ator
W
r
i
g
h
t
.
And
here
the
samp
fraud
was
practised
that
marked
the
course
of
Locofocoism
in
its
nomination
of
Colonel
B
o
u
c
k
.
Then,
though
repudiating
the
Canals
and
denouncing
the
“
Foriy
Blillion
Debt,”
to
obtain
the
influ­
ence
of
Canal
Contractors,
Laborers
&c.,
they
nominated
the
man
who
had
created
most
ol
the
debt,
and
who
was
known
'o
be
in
favor
of
com­
pleting
the
Canals,
as
their
candidate
for
Gov­
ernor.
Again,
after
using
up
Col.
Bouck,
and
when
a
new
fraud
was
to
be
perpetrated
for
the
purpose
of
carrying
a
State
and
Presidential
Election,
the
Free
Trade
and
Texas
Party
nom­
inated
BIr.
W
right,
who
had
voted
in
favor
of
the
Tariff
o
f
’42,
and
against
the
Annexation
of
Texas,
as
its
candidate
for
G
o
v
e
rnor!
And
the
friends
of
Free
Trade
and
Texas
were
as
zeal­
ous
in
their
support
o
f
a
T
a
riff
and
Anti-Texas
man,
in
1844,
as
the
enemies
of
“
pauper
Ca
nals”
were
enthusiastic
in
their
support
of
an
ultra
Canal
man
in
1842.
Again
the
People
were
cheated.
Again
fraud
and
duplicity
tri­
umphed.
And
again,
we
predict,
Ihe
wrong-do-
ers
will
get
their
reward.
Politically
speaking
E
x
-
G
o
v
e
r
n
o
r
B
ou
c
k
’
s
h
i
d
e
is
u
p
o
n
th
e
fe
n
c
e
,
”
and
if
we
regard
the
“
signs
of
the
times”
truly,
it
is
not
destined
to
bleach
alone.
W
e
do
not,
as
we
have
already
stated,
com­
plain
of
Gov.
W
r
i
g
h
t
for
refusing
to
sign
the
Bill
in
question.
He
was
constrained
to
apply
th
e
V
e
t
o
.
H
e
w
a
s
b
o
u
n
d
b
y
h
i
s
o
w
n
p
r
i
n
c
i
p
l
e
s
,
pledged
by
the
action
of
his
party,
and
required
by
the
“
Financial
Policy
of
’42,”
to
refuse
his
assent
io
a
bill
providing
for
the
resumption
of
the
Public
Works.
Gov
W
r
i
g
h
t
,
furthermore;
has
alw
ays
been
hostile
to
Internal
Improve­
ments.
H
is
sentiments
were
well
known.—
Those,
therefore,
who
supported
him,
have
no
right
to
complain.
The
Law
of
1844,
and
the
Bill
ot
1845,
making
Canal
appropriations,
were
intended
to
cheat
the
“
Financial
Policy
of
’42.”
The
Locofocos
who
voted
for
them,
while
with
the
same
breath
they
glorified
that
“
Poli­
cy,”
are
justly
rebuked
by
the
Governor’s
Veto.
The
People,
in
the
form
prescribed
for
an
ex­
pression
of
their
will,
repudiated
the
unfinished
Canals,
first
in
1842
and
again
in
1844.—
Though
a
decided
friend
to
Internal
Improve­
ment,
we
have
no
wish
to
see
the
Public
Works
resamed
by
indirection
or
stealth
•
nor
will
we
become
a
party
to
any
back-handed,
side
cut
Le­
gislation
upon
the
subject.
We
shall
labor
to
expose
the
duplicity,
dishonesty
and
profligacy
of
the
party
that
first
originated
and
then
repu­
diated
the
Public
Works.
We
confidently
be­
lieve
that
the
day
of
retribution
is
not
flistanl.
But
we
shell
not
ask
for
Resumption
of
the
Public
W
orks
u
n
til
tbe
People
have
reversed
the
Verdicts
rendered
against
them.
There
is
ranch
more
to
be
said
upon
this
fruitful
and
important
topic,
but
enough
for
one
day
I
translate
the
following
pithy
rem
arks
on
New
Y
o
rk
-Legislation,-
from
the
Saturday
number
of
the
Courtier
Des
Etats-Unis,
pub­
lished
tri-weekly
m
|
the
city
of
New
York,
a
newspaper,
let
me
here
say
by
way
o
f
parenthe.
sis,
of
high
character,
of
extensive
circulation,
and
edited
with
distinguished
ability;
and
which,
together
with
its
Stmaine
Litt£raire,
(a
week­
ly
supplem
ent
of
3.2
pages—or
1664
pages
a
year—
containing
a
[republication
of
the
works
ot
the
most
celebrated
living
French
fiction
or
romance
w
riters,)
furnishes
the
French
scholar
with
a
greater
am
ount
of
French
reading,
and
choice
reading,
loo,
than
he
can
obtain
for
the
sam
e
price
in
any
other
way.
P.
“
The
Legislature
of
the
State
o
f
New
Y
o
rk
has
ju
s
t
closed
its
session,
after
having
dis­
cussed
and
passed
367
laws,
g
reat
and
sm
all.—
This
is
a
greater
number
than
would
be
requir­
ed
to
govern
the
whole
Union
;
and
the
unlucky
State
on
which
such
a
burden
is
imposed,
is
cer­
tainly
to
be
pitied.
It
is
to
be
considered,
be­
sides,
that
these
367
laws
are
only
a
supplement
to
the
voluminous
Statutes,
in
the
labyrinth
of
which
American
justice
so
frequently
loses
it­
self.
*
#
#
#
#
*
“
Two
bills
have
provoked
boisterous
dis­
cussions,
and
excited
violent
passions,—one,
which
had
for
its
object
the
suppressing
o
f
seduc­
tion
and
adultery,
by
inflicting
heavy
penalties
upon
the
man,
while
it
gave
impunity
to
the
woman,
for
offences
in
which
the
latter
is
quite
as
culpahle
as
the
former.
This
p
a
itiri
law
came
very
near
being
enacted,
and
the
male
sex
owes
its
safety
only
to
the
learned
research­
es
made
by
a
Native
legislator,
(we
must
do
justice
even
to
our
opponents,)
for
the
purpose
of
demonstrating,
by
numerous
examples,
bor­
rowed
from
the
annals
of
the
world
from
the
creation
down
to
the
year
of
grace
1845,
that
the
daughters
o
f
E
v
e
very.often
take
the
ini­
tiative
in
seduction.
“
The
second
of
these
exciting
bills
is
lhal
which,
in
giving
to
municipal
authorities
the
right
of
arbitrarily
granting
or
refusing
licenses
for
the
sale
by
the
small
quantity
of
spiritous
liquors,
would
have
evidently
resulted
in'placing
all
citizens
ai
the
mercy
of
the
ascetic
fanati­
cism
which
has
been
falsely
denominated
Tem­
perance.
As
if
there
were
temperance
in
the
abuse
of
water,
any
more
than
in
the
abuse
of
spiritous
liquors!
This
bill
has
been
adopted
in
principle
;
bui
an
exception
has
been
made
in
favor
of
the
city
of
New
York,
which
has
in
a
great
measure,
defeated
its
object.
Here,
then,
every
individual
may
sell
ardent
spirits,
con­
formably
io
the
laws.
Every
where
else
in
ihe
State
this
privilege
will
be
granted
or
refused,
according
lo
the
caprice
of
the
municipal
au­
thority.
W
e
do
not,
indeed,
comprehend
this
esiabiishment
of
antagonist
regim
e
s;
and
the
champions
ot
the
Temperance
cause
have
rea
son
to
be
asioni.shed
that
that
which
has
been
considered
good
for
the
whole
State
should
be
considered
bad
for
the
city
of
New
York.
We
share
this
astonishm
ent,
but
in
an
inverse
sense.
Resides,
it
is
probable
that
our
new
Corporation
would
not
have
enforced
the
law
lo
the
point
of
condemning
all
the
citizens
lo
drink
water,
for
one
of
its
first
thoughts,
one
of
its
first
necessities,
was
the
re
establishment,
on
the
day
ot
iis
installation,
of
the
municipal
re­
freshment
room,
which
had
been
destroyed
by
the
N
ative
Corporation.
Nativism
is
indignant
at
this
bacchanal
debut,
and
has
denounced
it
through
the
Journal
of
Commerce
The
Whigs,
who
were
exceedingly
well
accommodated
there,
whenever
they
had
possession
of
ihe
key,
are
scandalized
at
the
extravagant
manner
in
which
the
Democrats
begin
lo
drink
sherry
cobblers
and
mint
juleps,
and
to
smoke
regalias
,
a
t
the
ex­
pense
of
the
city
treasury.
The
accused
have
disdained
to
answer
the
anathemas
of
Tempe­
rance.
They
have
even
courted
them,
by
de­
claring
that
the
Croton
was
neither
worthy
nor
capable
of
moistening
throats
made
dry
by
the
discussion
of
public
affairs.”
[For
other
translations
from
the
Courtier,
see
first
page.—
E
d
.
]
The
Treasurer
of
the
F
ire
Fund
at
Rittsburg,
reports
that
the
amount
received
up
to
W
ednes­
day
week,
is.$96,129.67—exclusive
o
f
$50,000
appropriated
by
the
State.
A
g
r
e
a
t
R
a
c
e
.—
On
Tuesday
last
a
great
match
race,
the
north
against
ihe
south,
was
run
on
the
Union
Course,
Long
Island,
between
Fashion
and
Peytona,
neither
ot
which
had
ever
been
beaten
before.
Peytona,
the
southern
horse,
won
the
first
and
second
heats,
the
last
by
only
half
a
lengih,
and
took
the
purse.
This
is
said
to
have
been
the
most
exciting
race
that
has
taken
place
since
the
trial
between
Eclipse
and
Henry
;
that
at
least
70,000
per­
son.*
were
on
the
ground
as
spectators
from
all
parts
of
the
country,
and
that
in
the
conclusion
at
least
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
were
won
by
the
southern
from
the
puckels
ot
the
north­
ern
sportsmen
ill
bets.
The
affair
was
talked
of
and
written
about
for
months
in
advance,
and
now
it
is
over
we
have
not
y
et
seen
a
word
of
censure
from
any
source
upon
such
a
frightful
gambling
opera­
tion.
The
gambling
and
dissipation
attending
and
following
it
was
doubtless
far
greater
than
could
have
been
produced
by
any
oiher
plan
or
device.—[Poughkeepsie
Eagle.
S
t
e
a
m
b
o
a
t
E
x
p
l
o
s
io
n
,—
^The
Columbus
(Ga
)
Enquirer
of
the
7lh
inst,
says:
“
One
of
the
boilers
of
the
steamer
Charleston
exploded
at
the
Race
Pass,
opposite
Gen.
Hamilton’s
planta­
tion,
at
12
o’clock
BI.
on
Blonday
last,
learing
the
boiler-deck
in
a
thousand
fragtnenis,
and
throwing
the
chimneys
down,
without
injury
to
the
boat.
Two
of
the
negro
firemen
were
severely
scalded.
All
the
passengers
were
ashore
at
the
moment,
with
the
exception
of
two
ladies
and
two
children,
who
escaped
unhurt.
T
he
n
e
x
t
C
o
n
g
r
e
s
s
The
election
in
Vir­
ginia
brings
up
the
number
of
memhers
chosen
for
ihe
npxt
Congress
to
163,
of
which
58
are
Whigs,
99
are
Locofocos,
and
6
N
ativists.—
There
are
58
more
members
to
be
elecied.
in
Maryland,
North
Carolina,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Alabama,
Blississippi
and
Florida,
and
a
vacancy
to
be
filled
in
each
of
the
slates
of
Maine,
Massachusetts
and
New
Hampshirs.
To
D
r
s
t
r
o
y
t
h
e
T
a
s
t
e
o
f
L
e
e
k
s
,
or
R
a
m
p
s
in
B
u
t
t
e
r
.
—
We
are
informed
that
Mr.
Dennis
Rust,
of
this
place,
who
has
tried
the
experiment,
says
that
one
tea-spoonlul
of
pulverized
saltpe­
ter
put
inlo
three
gallons
of
milk,
will
entirely
destroy
the
taste
of
leeks
or
ramps.
Butter
may
be
purified
by
thesam
e
process.—
[Laporte
Whig.
[CP*
The
receipts
of
ihe
British
and
Foreign
Bible
Society
for
the
pa*r
year
amount
to
£97.-
755,
or
nearly
halt
a
million
of
dollars.
The
issues
of
copies
of
the
Scripture
during
the
same
time
has
been
915,089.
S
in
g
u
l
a
r
T
r
i
a
l
.
—Dominick
BlcBride
has
re­
cently
been
tried
in
Colborne
District,
C.
W.
for
attempting
to
murder
a
Catholic
Priest
who
was
sleeping
in
his
house.
Ai
the
request
of
BlcB.’s
wife,
the
Priest
had
admonished
him
on
his
intemperate
habits,
when
he
su
ore
he
would
have
his
revenge.
In
the
middle
of
ihe
night
he
arose,
got
his
gun,
and
entering
the
priest’s
room,
stabbed
him
in
several
places
wilh
ihe
bayonet.
A
couple
of
young
men,
sleeping
he
low,
heard
the
scuffle
and
came
in
time
to
save
the
priest’s
life.
The
jury
acquitted
McBride
!
B
o
r
d
e
r
T
r
o
u
b
l
e
s
.
—The
sheriff
o
f
one
ot
the
counties
of
Missouri,
bordering
upon
the
north­
ern
line,
when
attempting
to
execute
a
writ
for
breach
of
ihe
peace,
was
assailed
by
a
number
of
persons
of
Daviesse
county,
Iowa.
The
pris­
oners,
whom
the
sheriff
had
arres'ed,
were
res­
cued,
arid
the
sheriff
himself
taken
into
custody
lor
exercising
illegal
authority
wiihin
the
terri­
tory.
The
trial
came
on
before
Judge
Blorgan
of
the
Disiriet
Court,
and
resulted
in
the
con­
viction
o
f
the
Missouri
sheriff.
The
punishment
is
imprisonment
inlhe
penitentiary.
The
Judge
sentenced
him
lo
ten
days’
confinement
;
but
before
the
sentence
could
be
carried
into
execu­
tion,
Gov.
Chambers
granted
a
pardon.
BIr.
C
l
a
y
and
t
h
e
B
a
r
g
a
in
.—
Rev.
Calvin
Colton,
who
is
preparing
a
life
o
f
BIr.
Clay,
says
the
papers
he
h
a
s
received
from
BIr.
C.
relat
ve
to
the
great
“
bargain
and
sale”
question,
alone
form
a
hundred
pages
of
notes.
“
The
documents,
BIr.
Colton
says,
m
d
te
de­
velopments
that
a
re
perfectly
astounding,
and
go
to
show
that
all
the
bargaining
was
on
the
side
of
Jackson
and
his
friends.
It
is
proved
by
them,
we
a
re
told,
that
Buchanan
came
to
BIr.
Clay
from
Gen.
Jackson
with
a
direci
offer,
and
that
Houston
also
went
to
Hoane
with
an-
oiher
direct
offer.
The
snarl
into
which
it
gets
Buchanan,
Jackson,
Eaton,
&c.,
is
perfectly
laughable.
Jackson,
in
his
a
f
ter
a
ttem
p
ts
to
g
e
t
out
of
the
dilemma,
when
he
found
that
Clay
was
loo
noble
to
be
bought,
annihilates
Buchan­
an,
and
Buchanan
in
endeavoring
to
throw
the
burden
from
his
shoulder
drives
the
General
to
the
wall,
while
Gen.
Eaton
eats
them
both
np.
T
h
e
disclosures
exhibit
the
Jackson
m
e
n
o
f
that
period,
who
surrounded
their
favorite
candidate
in
a
most
ludicrous
light,
while
it
fastens
a
blot
on
Buchanan’s
forehead
he
will
find
it
impossi­
ble
to
wipe
out.”
These
are
the
statements
we
find
in
the
New
York
correspondence
of
the
Cincinnati
Gazette.
—
[Express.
__________
__________
How
T
h
e
V
V
a
r
-
S
y
s
tem
s
u
s
t
a
i
n
s
D
e
s
p
o
tism
.
—
“
The
whole
energies
of
R
u
ssia,”
says
Alison,
“
a
re
lurned
towards
the
arm
y
.
Commerce,
the
law,
and
all
civil
employmenls,
are
held
in
no
e
steem
;
all
the
youth
of
any
considera­
tion
betake
themselves
to
the
profession
o
f
arms.
Immense
m
ilitary
schools,
in
different
parts
of
ihe
empire,
annually
send
forth
the
whole
flow­
er
of
tbe
population
to
this
dazzling
career.”
Here
is
a
recipe
for
despotism.
Blake
war
the
chief
business
of
a
people,
the
m
ilitary
profes­
sion
almost
the
only
passport
to
wealth,
or
pow­
er,
or
fame,
or
social
distinction
;
and
we
see
the
natural
result
in
the
autocracy
and
serfdom
ot
R
u
ssia.
E
v
e
ry
arm
y,
every
military
school,
.he
entire
war-system
is
an
ally
o
f
despotism.—
The
war-system
of
Europe,
transferred
to
this
country,
would
efe-long
crush
our
liberties.
E
n
o
r
m
o
u
s
L
e
v
i
e
s
o
f
S
o
l
d
i
e
r
s
—In
the
spring
of
1793,
the
French
Convention
levied
300,000
men,
and
early
in
A
ugust,
1,200,000
m
o
re;
in
all,
1,500,000,
in.
less
than
six
months,
from
a
population
of
some
26,000,000;
about
one
in
seventeen,
or
one-soldier
to
every
third
family!
how
long
would
it
take
such
a
process
to
ex­
haust
a
country
both
of
its
men
and
its
p
roper­
ty
?
S
i
n
g
u
l
a
r
C
a
u
s
e
o
f
D
e
a
t
h
.
Dr.
P.
D.
B
adger
of
Peterborough,
formerly
of
N
a
shua,
lost
his
wife
on
the
2d
inst.
by
con-
sumpiion,
tinder
circumstances
which
led
him
to
the
conclusion
that
her
death
was
caused
by
having
a
short
lime
previously
painted
the
rooms
in
his
house.
The
following
are
the
circum­
stances
which
the
Dr.
feels
constrained
to
lay
before
the
public.
Some
momhs
prior
to
her
confinement,
ana
a
t
the
time
of
painting,
she
complained
of
its
effects,
and
her
illness
was
at­
tributed
to
the
oil;
but
she
saw
not
a
day
of
sound
health
afier;
and
in
about
three
months
was
taken
with
a
violent
diarrhoea,
which
seemed
to
dely
the
power
of
medicine
but
gradually
re­
covered,
was
confined,
and
seemed
to
do
well
for
a
month
or
more.
From
this
time
she
be­
gan
to
sink,
her
blood
seemed
gone
or
nearly
so
wilh
cough
and
expectoration,
the
cellular
mem­
brane
tilled
with
water,
and
in
about
five
weeks
sunk
into
the
grave.
From
present
appearan­
ces
her
little
one
will
soon
follow.
Some
two
years
ago,
a
portion
of
the
Dr’s,
house
was
p
a
inted;
in
a
few
months
his
wife
was
confined,
the
child
was
born
with
a
cough,
U
lin­
gered
a
little
over
n
ine
months,
and
died
wasted
to
a
skeleton.
The
Dr
thus
relates
some
other
cases;—I
saw
a
child
in
a
distant
town
which
appeared
like
m
y
own
above
described.
I
observed
to
the
mother
that
the
child
seemed
jnst
as
my
little
Henry
did
before
he
died,
and
asked
her
i
f
they
had
not
been
painting
iheir
house.
She
said
they
had.
The
child
died
and
the
mother
look­
ed
to
me
as
if
she
must
soon
follow
it.
In
another
town
a
lady
was
in
travail
most
o
f
the
time
for
three
weeks.
She
too
is
dead,
having
died
a
short
lime
after
confinement.—
They
also
had
their
house
painted
a
few
months
previous.
The
Dr.
further
says
that
from
the
investiga­
tion
he
has
given
the
matter,
he
might
multiply
similar
cases
that
have
recently
occurred
in
Pe­
terborough
and
adjoining
towns.
He
calls
upon
printers
to
publish
the
above
eases,
as
he
thinks
the
discovery
a
new
one,
nev­
er
having
read
anything
of
the
kind
in
medical
books,
or
heard
il
spoken
of
in
medical
lectures.
—Oasis.
A
plan
of
establishing
a
Magnetic
Telegraph
between
Europe
and
America
is
gravely
propos­
ed
in
one
o
f
the
New
York
papers.
It
is
to
con­
sist
of
a
copper
wire
the
size
of
a
pipe
stem
and
long
enough
to
reach
from
N
o
v
a
Scotia
io
the
coast
of
Ireland,
to
be
wound
upon
rods,
and
a
r­
ranged
on
board
a
steamship
so
as
to
be
reeled
off
as
fast
as
the
boat
goes,
and
dropped
the
whole
width
of
the
Atlantic.
Its
graviij*,
the
projector
calculates,
would
sink
it
to
the
depth
wln-re
water
is
so
dense
as
to
he
of
equal
gravi­
ty,
and
of
cource
where
it
would
be
beyond
the
reach
of
any
kind
of
collision.
The
steamship
Great
Britain
could
carry
more
wire
of
this
size
than
would
extend
to
Europe,
and
its
cost
would
be
something
less
than
a
million
of
dolars.
It
is
observed
that
it
is
net
taken
inlo
account
in
this
proposition
that
the
same
specific
gravity
which
would
sink
the
wire
below
the
surface
o
f
tho
water
would
cause
it
to
separate
either
by
its
own
weight
or
by
that
of
the
superincumbent
fluid
mass.
S
hocking
A
c
c
id
e
n
t
.
—As
a
line
boat,
contain­
ing
a
number
of
English
emigrants,
was
about
to
enter
Rankin’s
lock,
at
Jacltsonburgh
in
this
county,
on
Sunday
M
orning
last,
the
steersman
noticed
that
a
young
man
was
sitting
in
the
mid­
ships
wilh
his
legs
hanging
out
of
one
of
the
windows,
and
immediately
warned
him
that
u
n­
less
he
drew
them
in
he
would
be
smashed.—
Unfortunately,
however,
he
heeded
not
this
time­
ly
warning
any
farther
than
to
remark
he
would
take
care
of
himself,
and
the
words
had
hardly
escaped
his
lips
before
the
boat[entered
the
lock,
crushing
his
limbs
in
the
most
horrible
manner.
The
boat
being
rather
wide,
it
was
found
ne­
cessary
to
hoist
the
paddles,
and
create
a
swell
which
would
drive
b
a
c
k
the
boat
and
thus
ena­
ble
them
to
extricate
the
writhing
sufferer
from
his
shocking
position.
The
torture
he
under­
went
during
these
effoits
to
relieve
him
beggars
all
description,
and
the
spectacle
his
mangled
body
presented
after
his
release
was
revolting
in
the
extreme.
Each
swell
raising
the
boat
high­
er,
it
gradually
drew
him
deeper
into
the
excrn-
tiating
vice
until
it
embraced
ihe
whole
of
his
legs,
about
one
h
alf
of
his
body
and
arms,
and
crushed
ihem
imo
a
perfect
jelly.
He
expired
in
about
hall'
an
hour
after
the
accident.—H
er­
kimer
Co.
Dem.
15th.
R
a
il
R
oad
fr
o
m
L
a
k
e
BT
ic
d
ig
a
n
t
o
t
h
e
P
a
­
c
i
f
i
c
.—
BIr.
A.
VVhimev,
No.
41
William-street,
New
York,
gives
notice
through
the
National
I
n
­
telligencer,
that
it
is
his
intention
to
pass
over,
examine
and
partially
survey
seven
or
eight
hundred
miles
ol
the
proposed
rout
for
the
Rail
Bond
Irom
Lake
Michigan
lo
the
Pacific.
He
will
leave
New
York
about
the
20th
ofBIay
tor
Green
Bay.
Several
young
gentlemen
of
re­
spectability
and
education
will
accompany
him,
and
lie
would
like
to
have
ihe
number
increased.
He
thinks
the
excufsion
will
be
pleasant,
bene­
ficial
to
health,
and
useful
in
the
knowledge
to
be
gained.
The
engine
man
of
a
locomotive
on
tlieA
n
-
drossan
Railway,
in
Scotland,
some
weeks
ago,
having
lo
leave
his
engine
for
a
minute,
did
so
inadvi-rlently
when
it
was
on
half
cock.
To
his
horror
and
amazement,
he
had
scarcely
turned
his
back,
when
it
siarted
off
at
a
speed
which
he
could
not
overiake.
The
gate
keeper
nt
Sievens-
ton.
thinking
it
was
a
special
train,
made
way
for
it,
although
surprised
that
the
customary
sig­
nal
of
a
whistle
was
omitted
lobe
given,
a
n
d
away
it
sped
with
a
giant
pace
towards
the
main
line.
Upon
this
it
got
without
delay
or
obstruc­
tion,
and
lurning
towards
Glasgow,
did
not
stop
till
out
of
steam.
A
circular
from
ihe
Baptist
mission
in
China,
stales
that
during
the
year,
eighteen
natives
have
been
baptized
and
received
into
the
Church.—
Some
of
them
are
men
of
high
literary
a
ttain­
m
ents;
only
one
of
them
has
been
excluded.—
T
h
e
r
e
a
r
e
b
e
tw
e
e
n
20
a
n
d
30
c
a
s
e
s
of
interest-
mg
inquiry;
there
are
13
nniive
preachers
at
w
o
r
k
a
t
H
o
n
g
K
o
n
g
a
n
d
a
t
th
e
n
e
i
g
h
b
o
r
i
n
g
town,
and
great
success
had
attended
their
la-
b
u
r
s
.
T
h
e
M
a
n
d
a
r
i
n
s
o
f
K
o
w
lo
o
n
h
a
v
e
g
i
v
e
n
ihe
Missionaries
permission
to
occupy
one
of
th
e
i
r
id
o
l
t
e
m
p
l
e
s
.
L
a
b
o
r
s
o
f
a
L
o
c
o
m
o
t
iv
e
.—
Hon.
W
m
.
Jack­
son,
one
of
ihe
most
practical
railroad
men
in
Blassachuselts,
has
given
some
statistics
of
the
labors
of
a
locomotive
on
the
Western
rail
road,
which
are
interesting.
1'rains
of
cars
leave
Boston
and
Albany
every
morning,
each
train
carrying
100
tons
of
merchandize,
running
at
an
average
rate
of
12
miles
an
hour,
or
100
miles
a
day,
including
stoppages.
A
horse
would
carry
12001bs.
over
ihe
mountains
25
miles
per
day.
Divide
the
load
of
this
one
E
n
­
gine
by
12
00,
a
n
d
the
number
of
horses
for
25
miles
in
a
day
is
167.
Four
limes
this
number,
oi
668
could
carry
this
load
100
miles
each
day.
Hence
the
iron
horse
is
every
day,
foul
or
fair,
doing
the
work
ol
668
horses.—[Tribune.
“
Putting
it
on
thick.”
—A
house
painter
of
our
.acquaintance
has
a
son,
a
mere
lad,
who
oc­
casionally
assists
him
in
his
jobs.
He
used
the
brush
dexterously,
but
unfortunately
he
had
ac­
quired
the
habit
of
“
putting
it
on
a
little
loo
thick.”
The
other
day
his
lather,
after
haying
frequently
scolded
him
for
his
lavish
daubing,
and
all
to
no
purpose,
gave
him
a
severe
flagel­
lation.
“
There,
you
young
rascal,”
said
he,
after
performing
the
painful
duty,
“
how
do
you
like
that?”
“
Well,
I
don’t
know
dad,”
whined
the
boy
in
reply,
“
but
it
seems
to
me
you
put
it
on
a
darn’d
sight
thicker
than
I
did.”—
Balt.
P
atriot.
S
a
c
r
if
ic
e
o
f
L
ife
in
t
i
?
e
W
ar
o
f
L
a
V
e
n
d
e
e
.
Every
one
knows
something
of
this
terrible
war.
Tt
c
o
n
tinued
less
than
eight
m
o
n
ths;
but,
though
the
whole
territory
contained
a
few
years
since\only
500,000
inhabitants,
even
the
French
Republican
writer
makes
the
sum
total
o
f
its
vic­
tims
no
less
than
952,000,
besides
all
that
per­
ished
on
ihe
side
of
ihe
Republicans.
The
state­
ment,
even
from
such
a
source,
seems
incredi­
ble
;
but
there
is
no
end
to
the
havoc
of
war.—
Considerably
more
than
a
million
of
lives
m
u
st
have
been
sacrificed
in
the
war
o
fL
a
Vendee.
“
Bill,
why
are
the
ladies
in
a
fa
ir
way
to
become
rulers
in
the
church
?”
“
Because
all
their
movements
are
backed
hy
the
bishops.”
_____________
__
(FT*
At
the
late
election
for
village
officers,
in
Coldwaler,
Blich.,
the
license
ticket
succeeded.
D
u
e
l
l
in
g
.
—The
State
Convention
in
Louis­
iana
have
incorporated
a
section
in
the
general
provisions
of
the
constitution,
which
disfranchi­
ses
and
renders
ineligible
for
any
civil
office
u
n
­
der
the
state,
any
person
who
shall
hereafter
fight
a
duel,
be
a
second
at
a
duel,
or
carry
a
challenge
to
a
duel.
The
Birney
Convention
yesterday,
was
rather
slimly
a
t
t
e
n
d
e
d
.
B
i
r
n
e
y
and
A
lvin
S
t
e
w
a
r
t
made
speeches,-
the
former
in
vindication
of
him
self;
the
latter
m
savage
denunciations
of
Henry
Clay
and
the
W
hig
Press.
The
best
speech
on
the
occasion
a
hearer
inform
s
u
s
was
made
by
a
colored
gentleman
o
f
Troy
[Trib­
une
of
Tuesday.
E
x
e
c
u
t
io
n
.—
H
a
rry
Carroll
was
hung
a
t
Lou-
isburg,
N
.
C.
on
the
28th
uh,
iu
presence
Of
a
large
crowd,
for
the
crime
of
Grand
Larceny—
the
article
stolen
being,
says
the
Raleigh
Regis­
ter,
a
pair
of
suspenders
from
a
store
1
The
quantity
of
poultry
exported
from
Dub­
lin
to
E
n
g
land
during
the
Christm
as
week,
amounted
to
five
hundred
tons,
and
was
worth
£50
per
ton.
The
St.
Lonis
New
E
r
a
says
that
a
steamer
from
Chicago
to
that
city,
brought
60
bundles
of
willow,
prepared
for
the
manufacture
of
bas­
kets,
of
which
il
speaks
as
a
new
article
o
f
trade.
__________________
P
r
o
m
p
t
L
ib
e
r
a
l
i
t
y
.
—Rev.
Dr.
Kirk,
a
t
tho
meeting
of
the
“
Christian
Alliance”
on
T
h
u
rs­
day
evening,
said
that
if
$2000
were
contribu­
ted,
a
Protestaut
press
should
be
established
in
Paris,
which
would
penetrate
Italy
to
its
utm
o
st
confines.
Almost
immediately
a
gentlem
an
sent
a
note
to
the
desk,
saying
that
he
would
be
one
of
two
hundred
to
raise
that
a
m
o
u
n
t.
In
the
course
of
the
evening
other
sum
s
were
sub­
scribed,
and
it
is
probable
that
before
the
week
closes,
the
entire
am
ount
will
be
obtained.—N
.
Y
.
Express.

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frauds or attempts at fraad. But thp voting in the manuer the gentleman from Oneida seems “ When it was first proposed to put the law ol 1812 into the Constitution, he assented to il; to suggest and approve, would be a mere farce, but when it was proposed to create new pledges. W hat reliance could be placed on its results ?— I he objected : because he regarded these new pledges as unfair, unjust and unequal in their operation, and because he believed the effect would be to prevent any amendment being made to the Constitution;—for he insisted there was no earthly prospect that these propositions, as they now stood, could ever become part ot our Constitution.” . . The bon. Speaker, in the same speech, insist­ ed that “ The effect must he to pledge all the rev­ enues of the State for a specific purpose, and to prevent the application ol any surplus there might be, after complying with the law of l b l - ether in the carrying on of the public works or to the preservation of the new works from des­ truction. , On thesam e day that these remarks were made by the hon. Speaker, the final vote on these res­ olutions was taken, and his vote recorded against their passage.” These views, sir, of the honorable Speaker are sound expositions o f this financial amendment No. 1. If adopted, it will pledge all the reve­ nues of the Stale for y ears locome to a specific purpose, and prevent the application of any coutrolled by feelings of the highest duty. I : surplus there may be after complying with the have heard rem arks on thi* floor, and senti- intent of the law of 134.., either to the carrying ments advanced here from the member from N. on of the public works, or the preservation of York, who professes to be in favor of a Conven- the new works from destruction. This the hon. tion, which if sustained by this H ouse or a Con-1 Speaker will not now deny, vention would stamp upon our Siate the char Thousands from other States might vote : doub­ le vuiing and all manner of frauds would be re­ scued t o ; knaves and demagogues would be sure of securing to them*e'lves an apparent vic­ tory over patriotic and honest men I regard the feeling that now, evidently, per­ vades this State, in favor of a Convention, as proceeding from the just and enlightened views of a people fully appreciating the great respon­ sibilities they propose to assume in remodelling their Constitution, and solemnly deleimined to discharge them. Politicians, mere partisans, do not now see how a Convention can be managed and controlled or made subservient to party pur­ poses or the aims of personal ambition, before any plans are formed in these respects. I desire to see a Convention. I want to see the people get the start of the politicians in this matter and send unto the Convention a class of able, inde­ pendent and honest men, learlessiy and wisely to ''ischirge the highest duty that can be en­ trusted to them under a full sense of their re­ sponsibilities to God and their country—desi­ ring above all things, if we are to have a Con- vention, to see it composed of such men and J AUBURN JOURNAL. - W e d n e s d a y , M a y 2 1 , 1 8 4 5 . The acter of gross intolerance and bigotry, sentim ent h as been put forth that through a Con vention the rights of our ad p’.ed citizens might be abridged and foreigners prevented from be­ coming citizens. (M r. Morrison ftom N . York asked Mr. W. if he alluded to his rem arks — Mr. W. said he understood the gentleman lo have advanced such *entiinCti'S. Mr. Morrison explained by saying he had never expressed any desire to interfere with the rights of nn n- rahzed citizen*, he only wished the naturaliza­ tion laws amended so as to require a residence by a foreigner of twenty-one years to t ntitle him to become a citizen.) Mr. Worden proceeded I certainly understood the gen lcman to speak of religious tests, but his posiiion as now ex­ plained is to my mind unwise and without a suf­ ficient reason to snsiain it. H a v e gentlemen even considered the state of things that would be produced if the aaturVdzation laws should he so amended as to requite the residence of twen­ ty-one year.-, as preparatory lo naturalization. It seems tu me, not, but that the idea proceeds from narrow and limited views of the interests of society and the duty of governments. Sup­ pose ottr naturalization laws are changed so as to meet the views of the genileunn Irom New York, what would be ihe consequences ? Would it not follow that in the course of the next ten or fifteen years we should have a vast population amongst its having no interest in ihe govern- tnenl. and feeling that they were a nro-cribed class, sharing in no way with American cui- in the rights and privileges of freemen ?— W hat attachments would they be likely inform to ottr institutions ? Would they not regard them wnh hostility, as being proscriptive and in a political view extremely selfish? And when the period o f their probation had termina­ ted, and they adm itted to the rights of citizen­ ship, would they not be likely to exercise such rights in accordance with those feelings n*’ hos- tdi y your own proscriptive policy had engen­ dered ? Would not the measure the gentleman advocates tend to weaken raiher than strength­ en the stability of our republican institutions ?— But it is said the*e foreigners are ignorant men, unacquainted with the theory o f ourgovcrnment, and incapable of exercising tire elective fran­ chise with safety to themselves or the public. If this is the ground on which this proscriptive I , At the last session he S peaker justified his opposition to and voted ag ainst this provision on these grounds. I rely upun the same grounds to justify my vote against them at this. Now, sir, I cannot enter­ tain surprise that a gentleman who can so sud­ denly change his views and his vote upon a ques­ tion of this vast magnitude, should imagine that the same thing would be done by others. And the gentleman and his parly having practiced so long this shuffling, versatile policy, and with *o much success, it is not surprising that he should apprehend that others might attempt it also : but, sir, I can assure the gentleman, that however successful such practices may have been with him and the party to 'which he be­ longs, il cannot be advantageously adopted by the Whigs. The gentleman from Oneida (M r. Comstock) is also said (hat the Whigs want a Convenlion ha: w to break up present political arrangem ents with a view of acquiring political Dower, and this charge has been reiterated repeatedly by his po litical friends on this floor, who in this have fol­ lowed the lead of the hon. Speaker. It is some­ what amusing to see how instinctively the minds of gentlemen run on this subject, and with how liitie art they cover up their own motives in op­ posing a Convention. If the Whigs gain any political power, it is just so much loss lo gentle­ men now in power; and whatever may be llie defeel.* in our present Constitution, and howev­ er loudly reforms are demanded or the public exigencies demand a Cenventton, it is opposed M R , W ORDEN’S SPEEC H , Upon.the question o f a Convention, will a t this time, es'pecially, be peruse l with unusual inter- e.-t. It uses up pretty effectually, the pretend­ ed argum ents of the opponents o f that measure. W H k T m EA S U R E T R IU M P H A N T ! On Monday last, the Convention bill passed ihe Senate by a vote of 18 to 14. In the House, the Senate amendm ents were concurred iu by a vote 78 to 28. so that the bill now requires only the signature of the Governor to become a law. E v e ry W hig in the Senate voted for the bill, and 14 Locofocos ( a m ajority) voted a g ainst it. The bill was saved by W hig votes—and unless Gov. W right looks upon the people as unsafe to be trusted with the control of their own m atters is doubtless now a law. The Argus cannot with­ hold its c h a g rin,—and whines at the result. The above gratifying item was given by way of Postscript in a portion of last week’s edition. In honor of their success, in thus bringing this important question directly before the people, the W higs of this town on Wednesday fired a salute of some 40 guns. T h e E x c i s e L a w . This, act was pa*sed on the 14th of the pres­ ent month. By it, the Tuesday next preceding the first Monday in May nexl (beingM a y , 1846.) was designated as the day upon which “ the elec­ tors of the several towns and cities in this Stale, (excepting the City of New York, to which the act does not in any way apply,) shall determine by ballot whether the b o a r d or boards of excise, in their respective towns and cities, shall or shall n o t g r a n t lic e n s e s fo r th e s a l e o f in t o x i c a t i n g liquors.” In our next we shall insert this act as one of general interest The '‘assumed divisions o f Hunkors and Barn­ burners” (so cavalierly alluded to by the new editor of ihe Tocsin) show themselves in ev­ ery shnpe imagineable. Owing, probably, to the troubles at present existing within their ranks, the recent Legislature was suffered to break up without the customary Caucus Ad­ dress from its Lr-cofoco mem bers. The Itvo ' factions alluded to, are so completely at vari , ance, not only as to praciir.e, but as to principle, | that they could not unite in the promulgation of then i- seems solely on the ground that u puts any thing in the shape oi an A c k lress-as what in jeopardy tlie interests of a political parly, and i would have been agreeable to one faction, would may by possibility deprive a few gentlemen ol | be nothing short of gall and wormwood to the the offices they hold and the emoluments derived plhef_ Thpy lherelore broke up in disorder IVom them. I need not, therefore, charge upon the majority here that they opp -se a Convenlion from the apprehension that they will lose pow­ er, for they virtually admit the fact to be so. The genileman from Oneida (Mr. Corns lock) has untertaken to charge me with inconsistency in opposing these amendments relating to the judiciary, and asserts that they are substantially like those adopted in IS 11, when I had the honor of a seat in this House, and which were reported by the judiciary committee, of which I was also a member. The gentleman has ascribed to me in a great degree the authorship of these amend­ ments of 1841. I cannot lake that credit to m y self; they were in the main, if not altogether, policy rests and on which we are to act, it will I drawn as well as suggested by the very able embrace others man foreigners, and, if it was susceptible of any application would include m any who deem themselves peculiarly fitted not only to discharge the elective franchise, but to take a prominent part in the administration of i public affiirs. If we exclude foreigners fro m the rights ol citizen* because they are ignorant, we should exclude all others not possessing the requisite degree ot intelligence ; but who is to judge ? What standard will you adopt lo deter­ mine whether any individual possesses that in­ telligence which makes it safe to entrust to him the exercise of the elective franchise ? You can adopt no such rule, neither would it be capable of application if you were to do so. Republican governments rest on a broader basis. It is the virtue and intelligence of the whole people that sustains th e m ; make sure ihi.-, foundation and your structure is safe. If foreigners coming among us are ignorant, open wide the avenues to education. Show them, as was remarked by m y venerable friend from N iagara, (M r. Swee­ ny) that your government is paternal. Merge as soon as possible all these ideas about-fureign birth in the conviction that they have p art and portion with u* in that heritage of human rights and civil freedom, which belongs not only to us but to the human race. It these foreigners are more ignorant than the mass of native-born cit­ izens, so much greater then is our duty to edu­ cate and enlighten them ; and i f we recognize this duty a nil act in obedience to it, we shall do more to preserve our insUtufn ns and benefit our race than by resorting to any narrow and big­ oted policy, founded on distinctions in birth or creeds. Jt is said by those who would extend the pertod of residence necessary to nntural- izition, that our adopted citizens are liable to lie appealed to as a class of men and are easily led to act loaelher politically. This, unfortu­ nately, is not altogether to be denied. Recent events have shown that such appeals may be m ade successfully; but how can we expecl it to be otherwise, when they are the objec s of biller denunciations on the one hand and the designs o f demagogues on the other ? When one ciass challenges their rights as freemen and free citi­ zens, and another seeks to make them believe their rights a re in jeopardy ? It is not proposed io stop the immigration ol foreigners, nor entire­ ly to exclude them from citizenship, it is only proposed to exclude them just long enough to m a k e th e m feel th a t th e y a r e pru.sci ibect, a n d denied the natural right of participating in the political a ffairsof ihe government 10 whose sub- jection they have submitted themselves, and whose laws they have c -risenled to obey, and alter you have thoroughly implanted, by your narrow minded policy, in their breasts feelings of direct hostility to your government, then, and not till then, will you consent that they shall have any voice in directing its affairs. But there is another view of this subject I wish to present. W hatever may be the moral or intellectual condition of persons immi°raiin<» to this country, they and their descendants are to share with us in one political destiny, and their influence for good or for evil is felt and must continue lo be felt a s long as our present form ot government endures. I regard them as oojects ot especial interest to the patriot and philanthropist, and 1 would exert myself to the extent of all my powers to elevate a n d improve their moral, social and intellectual condition— The State perhaps has done alt that in this re­ spect is demanded, but unfortunately the immi- g ian t has been ihe prey of demagogues, who h u e on the one hand foully practiced upon them, instilling into their minds wrong notions of things and a rilully contriving to lead them into wrong political action ; on the other hand they have been assailed by another class who from mere purpose of personal ambition, or influenc­ ed by narrow and bigotpd views and feelin\*! would excite popular prejudices against them. I Y hatever evils may hive been apprehended t by the orderly, patriotic portion of the loretgn people of this country to arise from the increase of foreign population, result from tnese c treiim -1 stances. It requires but a moment’s reflection ! to show that one great object is to elevate this I class to a position above these influences.— ' w h a tever measures are necessary to accom­ plish this object, should be adopted, and none in my judgem ent are so effectual as to convince the adopted citizen* that they are in the stron» sense ol natural right, entertained by the Amer\ ican people, not only secured in their preseni political privileges, but that „o attempt can be successfully made, or any policy adopted to in­ terpose new obstacles in the way of all ,hose seeking, t0 acquire the right of citizenship. ih e hon Speaker, availing himself of there marks oi the gentleman from New York, (M r Morrison.) has. with his usual ad roan e s s ,'en­ deavored lo represent the Whig pariv ns enter­ taining the same sentimcivs, and seek in** to se­ cure the same object through a convention ' I am not surprised that the hon. Speaker should really enteriain that opinion. He“ el \ A a school of polities where sudden changes of views and policy a re tolerated and practiced. W h him and hts party, there is nothing mronsisiem in advocating the measures at th i s session that vvere denounced and voted against at the las, All this is consistent with his political creed and acceptable doubtless, to l.is constituents - But I am not so fortunate. I a 0 n o t a party Wnere such versatility of p o h S h i h is tolerated ; nor do I represent a c , that lolerales it. i t woolPj not. j '« ■ £ out the sanction of distinguished precedent la n d my Whig fnendsio 1 X 1 - ^ '' ™ m ents ue have held, and expressed ' on the subject of naturalization. gentleman (M r. Simmons) who that y e ar repre­ sented the county of Essex, and was chairman of ihe judiciary committee. I am happy, how­ ever, to know that the re-organization of the 1 judiciary as embraced in the proposed amend­ ments of 1811, meet the approval of the gentle­ man from O n eida; for in my judgm ent they contain the vpry system or the general outlines of the system on which our judiciary must be based to make it effective. I agiee entirely with the gentleman from Oneida in his remark, that they present the best system that has been proposed ; but I must dissent from him altogeth­ er, when he asserts that the proposed amend­ ments relating to the judiciary, now under con­ sideration, are of the same character. (M r. W. here adverted to the distinction between the two classes of amendments, and showed that they bore no resemblance to each other.) M r. W , then proceeded to reply to lliehonaor ble Speaker in relation to the financial amend­ ments, but this portion ofhis rem arks is deferred (O another occasion. D o i n g s o f t h e L e g i s l a t u r e . The Legislature has been in Session 128 days —a large share of which lime was spent m de­ bating and w rangling tn a m a n n er highly dis­ reputable to the state—But when the time for adjourning drew nigh, bills were rattled through in a way that brought up all deficiencies as to number—some six or eight gros*, we believe, being passed in a dozen honrs—some of thexn of an im portant c h aracter. The vvnoleNo. pas­ sed is 367, of which the following alone can be of interest to our readers : To prevent persons appearing disguised and armed. To amend “ An act to reduce the num b er of Canal Commissioners, and to provide for their election by the people,” passed May 6, 1844. To amend an act inlitled “ An act to incorpo­ rate Medical societies for the purpose of regulat­ ing the practice o f physic and surgery in this state,” passed April 10, 1813. Extending an act for tl.e relief of the New- York Institution for the instruction of the deaf and d u m b To amend the act emiiled “ An act toincrease the revenues of the Siate, by extending the market for salt, coal and lead,’’ passed April 18, 1 8 4 3 . To pay the militia called into service in De­ cember 1 8 4 4 , and January 1815, and for other purposes. In relation to Montezuma salt. Relative to pilots and Pilotage by w ay of Sandy Hi ok. To extend the acts to promote agriculture. To enforce the laws and pre.*eive order. To amend “ An act in relation to Sta'e pri­ sons,” passed May 1 IS 14. To amend an net entitled “ An aet to improve the inlet of the C a y n g a lake.” In relation to the acknow ledgmcnt and proof of deeds and mortgages. In relation to the recording of p a in ts for lands in certain cases. In relation to the powers of receivers and committees o[ lunatics and habitual drunkards. Relative to the census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the State. In relation to carrying theU nited States mail on rail roads. To increase the capital of the common School Fund. To prevent the disturbance of evening schools in the several school district houses in this State. In relation to the contracts of railroad com­ panies. In relation to liens created by the several acts for the better security of the mechanic.* and others erecting buildings and furnishing materials therefor. To amend the Revtsed Stalotes relating to the distribution of the assets of a person dying in­ testate. To facilitate the construction of Morse’s Elec­ tro Magnetic Telegraph. Recommending a convention of the people of this Stale. To punish the procurement of abortion and fur other purposes. | To amend an act entitled “ An act authoriz­ ing a loan of certain moneys belonging to the; United States, deposited with the State of Nevv- York, lor safe keeping,” passed April 4, 1837. To prevent frauds in the use of false stamps and labels. For the publication of the session laws in two newspapers in each county of this State. Relating to excise and licensing retailers of intoxica ing liquors. To incorporate the Tort Byron and Savannah Turnpike Road and Bridge Company. For the relief of Josiah Barber. To amend an act entitled “ an act for the re­ lief ol partners ami joint d e b t o r s p a s s e d April is. 183S. To provide for the construction o f a Rail Road from the head of the Seneca Lake to the New York and E rie Rail Road in the County of Chem u n g . To perfect amendments lo the Constitution in relation to the removal of judicial officers and the property qualification for office. forming the first instance that such result has occurred. But alih.-ugh the H u nkers thought this an easy method of shaking off troubles, the Barnburning portion vvere not to be thus kept in the shade. They had begun to feel their power—to finger the spoils—and it was by no means su'ted to their feelings lo have all oppor­ tunity of expressing their rejoicings withheld. Accordingly the Saturday’s Atlas contains their Address, signed by 13 Senators and 30 Assem- bjytnen, in which they have taken occasion to bespatter with all praise the Convention Bill, as it passed, and Gov. W right’s Veto ! This, as a matter of course, creates no little sensation on the opposite faction, and the way the Argus of Monday whines over all such doings is truly touching. N early two columns of that paper, are occupied with grief and indignation, as well as (in the language of the Alb. Jour.) with a history of the grievances under which the Old Hunker division are borne down by their exult, ing opponents. \\'e are told of the “ violations ol caucus proceedings and usages in several way j” —of the pn miulgation of caucus secrets to the wicked Whigs—of Senator Porter’s obsti­ nacy in refusing to comply with the demands of the “ Old H u n k e rs” —and finally with the pre­ sentation c'fthe Address, as now published in the Allas, with the unconditional ultim atum that that must and should be the “Shibboleth” of fe- ally ! “ This, of course,” says the Argus, “pre­ cludes the cc-operation of a majority of the ! Democratic ’ members of the Legislature!” G e n . J a c k s o n ’ s H e a l t h . —According to ac­ counts from Nashville, to the 4th inst. General Jackson’s health is fast failing. “ Symptoms of dropsy have intervened. H is legs a re swollen from his feel up to his abdomen, and his respi­ ration is feeble and difficult.” And it would not astonish any one lo hear of his decease at any moment. It must be tlmt wo liftvc heretofore done the now editor of the Toc«in nn unintentional wrong, (judging from his louder of lust week,) forw c have been disposed tu look upon him as a person possessing some small share of common sense — hut if there is any thing like either good sense or common sense there exhibited, wo should like right well to have it pointed out. Mr. How was then prepniing his leading arti­ cle for his second paper—and o f wlmt els • is that leader to consist h u t nn a ttack upon the way in which we have ,-cen fit to put in type the originnl m atter o f the Journal. Him­ self It lawyer, and uncording to his own showing, knowing nothing of printing or o f editing, rending lessons to those who have to say the least, had some little experience in each branch! _ From the time we first took charge of this paper, it Ims been ottr aim, ns well by jirnctice as precept, to force upon ail correspondents, the great importance o f brevity ; in which we have so tar succeeded that not unfrcipiently some dozen or more of their favors mny be crowded into a single column T o uvoiil the ncce*Mtv o f wasting room, bv heading eacli arti - d o with n. lino o f 41 F o r the Journal,*’ (ns perhaps the newedi tor of tho Tocsin mav deem the best way,) we have fur yours adopted the nructice’o f appending to every article not writ- ten by outsell', a word, a letter, or some other equally distin- guish’ing mark, us a *, a f , a J, a or any thing eNe iliut is nearest a t hand, or th a t best suits the whim o f the m o m e n t; nnd imivlmp should the worthy editor alluded to, hcreuftcr favor us with a communication, we might think it hy no means inappropriate to affix to it by way of signature, ** T h e Great Rejected.” So much iu answer to ail his nonsense about “ the * editor,’* “ tbe f editor,” &c. Mr. Mow then says that the charge that he has heretofore been concerned in editorial labor is unjust—as all tho arti­ cles he Ims ever published in political papers h ave been us communications. -If this is true (as we are bound to presume it is) he his in truth, been “ very much belied.” He then goes on to give us his creed as to the duties of an editor—one point of which, it seems, consists in placing his name nt the head o f the column. W e will admit that with a paper like the Tocsin, which for the six or seven years it has been in existence, has 3md, known and unknown, almost as many editors as there are “ stars in the Milky W a y / ’ this is all r g h t and proper—Hut 1*11 a case like our own, where it i* known to every reader thatfrom the time we first took charge of this paper some IG years ago. to the present time, we have (withthcevccption of’ihree m onths,nt which tim etheclm nge u as duly announced) been its only editor, as well as the only \\ riter o f its editorial*?,—we think the case is different. A t nny rate v c shall not attem pt to vie with our neighbor in this respect, a t least until he has lost a portion o f his ■■ ------ The vile slanders of Locofocoism during the past campaign, are from day to day exhibited in all their deformity. As one of the last samples we refer to the base attacks of the editor of the la te New York Plebeian (a paper which, haVing done up ihe dirty work of that parly for some years, h as recent1)* closed its career,) upon D a­ vid M. N agle. These attacks were altogether uncalled for and unfounded—and we rejoice to see that a New York jury has just given a ver­ dict ol $500 in favoi of Mr. N. OLD HUNKERISM. Much wit and talent have been employed in defining ‘ old H u n k erism .” It ha* been a fruit­ ful theme for the learned and unlearned; for ri­ val (actions and oppositionists. It has given in­ spiration to the painter and the poets B u t nev­ er has it fallen to my lot to see a more just def­ inition, a more faithful illustration, or a more truthful portraiture o f Old Hunkerism , than Old Hunkerism has made of itself, in the leading article o f the last num b e r o f the Cayuga Patriot; (its organ in this county,) entitled the “Auburn States Prison.” There we may behold Old Hunkerism in all its varied aspects ; in its lights and shades—in its rich beauties—in its naked deformities—in its sublime grandeur—in itssu preme ridiculousness. W e may there see its lofty and aristocratic assumptions, and its base, cur-like, sycophancy—its exclusive claims to patriotism, and its consummate, super-eminent selfishness—iis loud boasting of magnanimity and generosity, a n d its unblushing, miserly quid pro quo political bargaining; its duplicity, false­ hood, and detestable chicanery in seeking—-its vulture-rapacity in clutching—its death-grasp tenacity in retaining and its bitter agony in re­ linquishing office a n d “ spoils,” —its thirst for vengeance, and its fierce denunciations against those o f the same political household, who “ com­ mend its poisoned chalice to its own lips.” And then these denunciations! who does not see that they a re filled to the brim and overflowing with truth. Verily, Old Hunkerism is scarcely more happy in portraying itself, than in sketching the character ol its B arnburning rivals. “Look on this picture, and then on that,” and say if there be political damnation deep enough for either faction. But let us proceed to the article ; and if I in­ tersperse it with a few comments, I hope I shall not be deemed lo have taken au unwarrantable liberty. A lter announcing that Gov. Bouck’s Inspect­ ors of Auburn Stale Prison, have been supre- ceded by Gov. W right’s Inspectors, the ar­ ticle proceeds : “ To say that this nomination was h eard of with regret in this community would be b ut a feeble expression of the public feeling general­ ly.” Now, ihe truth is, there was no surprise at a l l ; it was just what every body expected, and jost what every body wished—or iT there was a n y surprise about it, it was because the nomination was not made long ago. “ We are given to understand that in this matter Gov. W right has declared that he has la ken the counsel anil advice ol John Porter, Sen­ ator, a n d of W illiam Titus and Leonard Sear­ ing. Members of Assembly, and thai he should hold them responsible for it. Our business is with the act itself and iis consequences, where­ soever the responsibility may be shifted. Those individuals certainly are not placed in a very enviable situation in regard to it. W h at, the “ Cato of America” taking “ coun­ sel and advice from John Porter ?” “ W hat a fall is there my countrym e n !” Perhaps, though, John Porter has risen to be “ Cato the elder,” (for “ Progressive Democracy” sometimes brings marvellous things to pass ) If so, it is not so strange that he should have been consulted ; but it is strange, passing strange that he and Mr. Titus and M r. Searing should have dared to assume such a tremendous responsibility, should have placed themselves in such an “ un­ enviable position.” They certainly m ust, in an evil hour, have forgotten their duty and obliga­ tions, or they would not thus have rendered themselves obnoxious to the wrathful indigna­ tion and direful vengeance of the “Democratic administration of the State Prison,” Be the “ consequences” on their own heads! “ Messrs. Noble and Goodwin in the late Board were placed there on the urgent solicita­ tion of the same John Porter. Messrs. Titus and Searing knew well that when they were nominated and elected by the democracy of Cayuga, such a course of conduct on their pari could not have been anticipated. They had both of them declared publicly their opinion that no change should be made in the State Prison Inspection. Mr. Searing was nominated as their friend and after h is election freely express­ ed the same opinion. If the democracy of this county could have foreseen the factious and dis­ honest partizansbip of those members they nev­ er would have received a nomination.” For shame, John P o rter! IIow could you op­ pose the re-nominalion of Messrs. Goodwin and Noble to the same office, to which only two short years ago, they had been appointed a t y o u r “ ur­ gent solicitation!” Call you this sticking to your friends? Is this your well known consis lencyl Is this the pure republicanism in which you have been so long schooled? Is this your “ Progressive Democracy ?” Really, i f it were not positively asserted, that you are the “ same John Porter.” I would never have believed it.— And you, Messrs. Titus and Searing, how dared you, a fter the pledges you gave, aye, the solemn bargain you made previous to your nomination, “ that no change should be made in the State P r i s o n I n s p e c t o r s , ” ( a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y y o u , B Ir. Scaring, who was their familiar friend, and from whom they did not expect such base ingratitude) — I s a y , h o w d a r e d y o u p u r s u e a “ c o u r s e o f c o n - duct” which the Democratic administration of the State Prison “ could not have anticipated ?” Do you suppose, that if the “ Democracy of this county could have foreseen your factious and dishonest partizanship,” the hall of the Capital would have resounded with the thunders of your eloquence ? After considerable pompous self glorification, on the financial and moral improvement in the condition of the Institution, the article contin­ ues : “ In this slate of things, wholly without char­ ges to even whisper against these public offi­ cers, it has been left for the administration of Si'as W right, to remove one set o f democrats to make room for another, with an avowed design and purpose of a general change in the minor offices ot the Prison. Following evil counsels and under a malign influence he has apparently forgotten what was due to brethren in the same political field ; he has forgotten those high con siderations due to the Institution itself from a Statesman, as one embracing interests co-exien- sive with the Slate and too delicate far to be trampled under foot in the strifes of contending factions ; he lias forgotten what was due to pub­ lic officers faithfully and successlully discharg­ ing the duties devolved upon them. Deeply do we regret that he has been thus misled, far, far away from the path of wisdom and political pro prieiy. We regret the disastrous effects which it is producing and will produce upon our pros­ pects here. These effects are already seen in tlxe deep feeling of indignation which pervades ination o f Mr. Polk, despite the coldness ol these now “ victors,” —over those who did a great portion'-of the labor and paid a great share of the enormous expenses of the last election, but whose chief offence is that they were friends of Gov. Bouck, and have scouted the pettifogging Shuffling by which certain Northern “ dough­ faces” would have endangered the immediate annexation of Texas. “ The roll of this rejoicing “ cannon” may perhaps open the eyes of the Governor to the spirit and designs ol the men, he has been mis­ led inlo promoting at so great sacrifice of good faith, in the face of numerous petitions—of the public wish—and of the advice of his own most discreet friends. At all events we believe he will yet be satisfied by the voice of the democ­ racy of this county, that he lias not chosen in this case either wisely or well ” Oh! ye “ Young Democracy,” ye Barnburn­ er*, ye Giffins and Rathbuns and Palm ers and Sherwoods and Poulsons, did ye not on the al­ tar of the spliced hickory swear eternal friend­ ship with the old H unkers? And do ye not owe to them a debt of everlasting gratitude? W as it not from the old H unkers, that ye first de­ rived enlightenment as to'the existence, where­ abouts and nam e of Jam es K. Polk ? not go about asking “ who the d Polk? The last Tocsin relers to “ ihe assumed divis­ ions of H u n k er ami Barnburner.” Judging from ihe m anner in which ihe H u n k ers have lo-t their heads dursng the past week upon the newly erected Barnburner guilloiinein the Slate Prison, we should suppose that this was about as clear a case of assumption as is often seen ! We have been informed by one who ought to know, that no “ affidavits” were furnished to the Senate, in the case of M r. How’s rejection, as was suggested as common rumor in our tost. We therefore make lire correction. ! on this floor, When Ihad the honor o f’adjVe«;„„ ,1 • mittee, the other day, up,.n these c< irei i'S,C° mi amendments, I endeavored lo ihow hat “ he”e financial amendment* went rn i i . h ^ A , »■ - « w * . — *«■<■ I z the canal revenues of .he State, under pretence of paying the State debt, and thereby pre/sm their appropriation until the last dollar of om. staoding State stock was actually redeemed to the completion of the public works now in prog­ ress. In the course of mv remarks. I th in l/l sufficiently demonstrated that the surplus canal tolls would in a few years accumulate in the hands of the commissioners of the canal fund large sums, which they, under the act of 1842 and this constitutional provision would hold m defiance of the Legislature, and which could not be appropriated to any purpose whatever. At that time, I uas not aware that I was using any argum ents which had been before advanced. ] had not the pleasure of knowing 'h a t the views I pin forth so feebly, h id been, at the last session, ably and powerfully advocated by the hon. Speaker of this Hou*e It is due, perhaps, to lhal gentleman, that I should repeat here what I said on the occasion to which I allude, nnd which may he found in the Albany Argus o f the 22d March, 1844. H e then said : A m e r ic a n T r a c t S o c i f t y . —The Twentieth Anniversary was held in the Tabernacle this morning. The assemblage was very numerou*, a greai portion of which were ladies, Hon. The­ odore Frelinghuysen presided. The annual Re­ port of the Society, is interesting an abstract of which is as follows : The Society have publish­ ed in all 1.176 different publications The whole n u m b e r o f p a a e s s t e r e o t y p e d in d i f f e r e n t l a n ­ guages is 52 717. Circulated during the year 371.757 volumes, 5.626 610 publications, 152,- 727,229 pages, m aking the whole number-of pa­ stes circulated in twenty vears, 1.543,053,796.— Receipts for the y ear $152.376—exceeding those of last y ear by $43,S92. The state of the Soci­ ety generally is highly encouraging.—N . Y . Tribune. fET’ The “ Campanologian Brothers,” or Bell Ringers, give a Concert at ChedelVs Concert Room, on Monday evening next. This unique performance partakes much of the wonderful, and should be seen a n d beard by all lovers ot harm ony. It excites much astonishment, that seven persons, as one man, should execute m u ­ sic with rapid variations, each ringing the notes assigned io him im the stave, in iheir proper time, producing melody lhal seems not of earth, but o f a heavenly mature ; it display* much nte chanical skill, and great accuracy of ear, and has not been acquired without long and inces­ sant practice. They will be assisted by Mr. C. L. Underner, the celebrated Flutist, a P ianist.a Vocalist, and a Glee Club, which forms an at­ traction worthy tbe attention of our citizens, who should not lose this rare opportunity, but go and witness the extraordinary perfection to which these minstrels, in their way, have brought the science of music. * ^ H e a r t ren d in g - a f f a i r . — We learn, says the Cincinnati Commercial, that a most heart rend­ ing affair took place at Ham ilton, Ohio, on Saturday last. A young man at that place was crossing the Miami river on horseback, with his intended wife, a lovely girl, when the latter’s horse stumbled and she fell inlo the w ater.— H er lover hasiened io her assistance, when she threw her arm s around his neck. The current carried them both into deep water, both were drowned, while locked in each other’s arm s. __ On Sunday the budv of the young man had been recovered, and between one and two thou­ sand persons were gathered to search lor the other. A c c i d e n t . —Bishop De Lancy, while on his way ftora Batavia lo E . Bethany yesterday eve niug in company with the Rev. W. Bowles to attend a lecture in that village, met with a severe accident in the following m a n n e r:—It seems that the horses of the vehicle in which they rode took fright, and the Bishop attempted to jum p o u t ; in doing which he fell upon his face, bruising him badly, but without fracturing the skull. He lav insensible for several hours, and is said to be in a critical condition. We sincerely hope that we have the worst of this .report. We are obliged to W . Penfield, Mail Agent of the Attica and Rochester Rail-road. for the above informal ion.—[Roch.Dem of Satur­ day. The fivor o f “ C s t iz e n , ” our next. shall have a place in the whole community A la s ! how uncertain, how evanescent are earthly titles! Il is no longer the “ Cato of A m e r i c a i t is no longer ‘ His Excellency ;’ it is no longer Governor W right. It is S ilas! plain Silas W rig h t! “ The noblest Roman of them all” has “ been misled far, far away from the path of wisdom and political propriety.” __ He has forgotten what was due to the Demo­ cratic administration of the State Prison ! He has forgotten and tram p led under foot those ‘ I r ish con s id e r a tio n s ' a n d th o s e d e licate interests which rendered it both expedient a n d necessary that there should be no change in that admints tration. He has forgotten that cardinal doc­ trine of the democratic freed, perpetuity in office, and has dared to remove ? no, but, the terms of office o f certain incumbents having expired, to nominate new officers to fill their places, without being prepared to beslow upon those incumbents higher and more lucrative offices! W as there ever an act of such consummate folly—of such egregious blindness? of such absolute madness? It has already produced a “ deep feeling of in donation,” from Maine to California, and the loss of Texas and Oregon may be amongst the least of “ its disastrous e ffects!” “At the close of the last election we were uni­ ted as a party. We should have remained so, but for the breach of faith on the part of those who impelled by personal motives alone, have sought this change in the Prison. They per­ sisted although they knew that they were sow­ ing broad-cast the seeds o f disunion and were rending asunder the Kemocratic party, then contented and united. The spirit in which they have carried on this personal warfare in all its stages was fully illustrated by the ridiculous in­ sult of firing a salute of over forty guns on the result of the appointment o f the four^new In­ spectors “ ff any thing had been rvaniine to satisfy the democracy ol Cayuga of the total insincerity of the professjons of these men—of their disregard for the harmony of their parly ahd blind p ursuit of selfish ends, it is this public avowal of their original design, made in the exuha'ion of vic­ tory. And what is this “ victory” thus exulted in with indecent rejoicings and firing of joyful cannon ? It is that in violation of solemn pledg es. one portion of democrats are to be removed by another irom some forty-nine offices connec­ ted with the Auburn State Prison. And who celebrates this victory ? W ho ? A nd over whom i? it celebrated? W hy in truth over those who lookup and carried forward the nom- Did ye 1 is Jam es K. And did not the old H u n k ers satisfy you on this point ? Did they not swear that there was such a man, that they had heard of him several times, and that he must be a very great man too, or he could not have “ used up” at Baltimore, the great champion of Northern democracy, BIr. Van Buren ? And did ye not by degrees come to believe in- his existence and greatness loo? And after declaring with BIr. Van Buren, opposition to the immediate annex­ ation of Texas, did not the Old Hunkers “ turn Ihe shortest corner” and swear with BIr. Polk, that Texas ought to be annexed ? And did ye not soon “ come up to the r a c k ” and swear the sam e thing? except indeed, a “ certain north­ ern dough-face, who by his pettifogging shuf- fling, endangered the immediate annexation of Texas” having one day in his place in Con­ gress, made a speech against it, and on the next, ‘under the tightening ol the screws, voted in its favor ? 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A new volume commences with July, to which the new postage law will doubtless give a still more extended circulation. $3 a year or 2s. a No., a t the Bookstores. GOY. W R IGHT’S CANAL YETO. Gov. W right has come out with-a Veto upon the Canal Bill passed by the recent Legislature, comprising a Message of some seven columns of o u r p aper. As our columns were previously occupied with an article of altogether more im ­ portance, its insertion to-day was out of the queslton ; and had it been otherwise we-are not quite sure that the result would have been very different. I f the Governor wishes to get his no­ tions before the people generally,, or wishes to have them read, he will find it of some little benefit lo condense and compress a trifle more than is his wont. The following from the E v e ­ ning Journal of Saturday will serve to exhibit the main points of the document in question:— W ithout attempting to analyse this long, heavy document, it is proper to admit its con­ sistency with the views and opinions which Gov. W r i g h t has ever held. H e could not. without a gross departure from those views, have signed a bill providing for t he resumption o f the Public Works, and his political friends, in passing such a Bill, must have known that it would encoun­ ter his Vote. H is Pariy is entitled for its as- cendancy to a policy utterly hostile to the Bill they 'subm itted for his approval. The Erie Canal Enlargem ent and the Black R iver and Genesee Valley Canals were distinctly r e p u d i a ­ t e d first by the People, upon an issue ialsely presented to them, and then by the Legislature of 1842. W e do not object so much to the action of the People, a s to the conduct of the Party that be­ wildered and misled them. The repudiated Canals were authorized and commenced by Loco Foco Legislatures, acting upon the blun­ dering and deceptive estimates and reports of Loco Foco Engineers, Canal Commissioners and Canal Board. Those Estimates and Re­ ports led the People lo believe that the Erie Canal could be Enlarged for $10,000,000, the Black R iver Canal consiructed for $800,000, and the Genesee Yalley Canal for $2,000,000. G o v . M a r c s ’, in. h i s M e s s a g e s , u r g e d ih e “ Speedy Enlargem ent of the E rie Canal.” The Loco Foco Canal Commissioners reporied that their arrangements contemplated the com­ pletion of the Enlargem ent of the Erie Canal in T h e F a r m e r ’ s L ib r a r y . —As our County Ag­ ricultural society have a meeting on Saturday, il may not be amiss to call their attention to a new monthly about to be commenced under the above title, by Blessrs. Greely and BIc E lrath. J ohn S. S k i n n e r , long and favorably known for his labors in the cause of Agriculture is to be its Editor. Each No is to contain 100 pages __ 50 to be occupied in the publication of entire works of interest to American farmer*, and which otherwise, they would scarcely ever see— and the other 50 to shorter articles, such as more immediately belong to periodicals. The whole will form two large octavo volumes of 600 pages each— The price $5. A prospectus may be seen at this office. The first No. to appear July 1 st. H a r p e r ’s I l l u s t r a t e d B i b l e , N o . 2 6 . r e ­ ceived by D e r b y & Co. The whole work to be completed by Christmas. W m . L . Crandall, late Editor of the Ononda­ ga Standard having associated with him, James Henry jr. of this county as corresponding Edi­ tor, will publish, at Syracuse, on ihe 3d of June nexl, a semi-monthly paper, to be called T h e N e w Y o r k C ommon S cho ol I n t e l l i g e n c e r .— One depaitment will be devoied to the subject of Common Schools. The other, comprising the one half o f the paper, will contain a statem ent of political, religious, foreign and domestic intelli­ gence. Terms, $1 per annum . For 6 copies, $ 5 ; for 12 copies, $10. Paym ent in advance. — H erkim er Journal. [A prospectus of the above m ay be seen at the office of the Aruburn Journal.] D e W i t t C l in t o n ? —The remains of this great man, and true friend o f his State, have been de­ posited in the beautiful cemetery at Greenwood. Let no more costly or pretending cenotaph be erected over them than a durable stone lo mark the spot. No monument that the wisdom of man could devise, could be so proud a one as that which Mr. Clinton, in his life-time, reared for himself.—[N. Yr. Express. T h e t h r e e w a l l e d H o u s e .— A letter from Albany in ihe Commercial Advertiser, says the story that BIr. Croswell, o f the Albany Argus, is going to help father Ritchie in editing “The W ashington Union,” the Government paper, at Washington, is'generally credited. 1845. The W h ig P a rty, incom ing into power, found the State embarked in these undertakings, up o n w h ic h s e v e r a l m i l l i o n s ot d o l l a r s had- b e e n expended, and contracts made for the expendi­ ture of other millions. W e therefore, went forward with the Works that tour predecessors had commenced. It was soon discovered that the estimates of cost were grossly inaccuraie ; b u t to o m u c h money had already been expended lo permit the idea of adamionment. And, besides, it was ascertained that the E rie Canal, when Enlarged, thouglflthe cost of Enlargem ent would double the estimate, might be saiely re­ lied upon to pay the Stale Debt. » And here commences the history of Loco Foco profligacy aud destructiveness. Com­ ptroller F l a g g prepared a C ir c u l a r , designed, by an exaggeration ot the state Debt, and by de­ preciating our resources, to alarm capitalists at home and abroad. The Albany Argus and its echos commenced a systematic course of “ panic- m aking.” By piling falsehood upon falsehood, an im aginary “ FO R T Y BULLION D E B T ” was created, and for this debt, which was creat­ ed partly by themselves, and wholly in the pros­ ecution of W orks which they had authorized, the Whig Administration was held responsible. In this crusade the value of our Stocks, were depreciated and the credit of the Slate impaired. The eyes and ears o f the People were closed to reason and facts. Bladness reigned and false­ hood triumphed. Riding, as they did, into power upon a whirl­ wind, they availed themselves of the ruin they had produced as an argum ent in favor of their Destructive policy. The Public Works were suspended and repudiated. The People were subjected to Direct Taxation to pay the Dama­ ges incurred by stopping those W orks! The Administration proclaimed to the World that nothing more was io be done for the cause of Improvement uniil the Stale Debt was paid, ami that then we were lo proceed as fast as the Surplus Revenues of the Canals would carry us. But in all their operations the Administra­ tion has steadily labored to divert and diminish these Revenues. The Contractor for rebuilding the Locks at Lockporl, for example, who offered to complete hi* job for $130,000. received $74,- 000 for stopping it! And, in addition to this sum, $10 000 has been expended upon this con­ tract since the woik was suspended. Contractors whose business was broken up and deranged, after geiting what they could ob­ tain from ihe Canal Board, appealed io the Legislature, where, for the two last sessions, much time has been consumed in grinding out bills for their relief; and we are constrained to add that too many ot these bills have been passed, less wttli reference to their merits, than to prevent “ pel” contractors from boiling.— These claims, added to the sums already paifl to Contractors, will, in the end, amount to as much as would have been required to complete tbe E rie Enlargem ent. The cause ol Internal Improvement, from its earliest history, in this State, has been crippled and embarrassed by the hostility of Tammany Hall and the old Albany Regency. The As­ sembly Delegation from the city of New York, aided by some of the followers of the Regency, made a destructive effort, in 1819, after the Middle Section of the Eire Canal was nearly completed, to r e p u d ia t e the work, and, using their own expression, to “ fill up the big ditch.” Gov. W r i g h t , while in the Senate of this State and when Comptroller, lost no opportunity of assailing the cause of Improvement. In 1830 the Regency Canal Board established a rale of Tolls that would have proved ruinous to the Canal Fund, had not the People and the Legis­ lature, by an indignant movement, forced them to abandon their ground. S u d s e q u e m l y la r g e a n d w a s t e f u l d e m a n d s were made upon the Canal Fund in ihe shape 01 p r e m iu m s lo r S t o c k s p u r c h a s e d b e f o r e th e y were redeemable by law. And much larger s u m s w e r e lo s t t o t h e T r e a s u r y by t h e s y s t e m a t i c assaults made by the Comptroller, in the Leg­ islature, in their Conventions and their N ew s­ papers, upon the credit and resources of the State, by first forcing our Stocks into m arket below par, and then compelling the State to pay a higher rate o f interest. While thus alarming capitalists with an im a­ ginary “ F o r t y Bln l io n D e b t ,” Repudiating the Canals and denouncing the whole system of Internal Improvement, the Locofocos nominated Colonel B o uck , who, as a Canal Commissioner had favored all the works in hand, and whose endorsement of blundering estimates had drawn the State inlo its embarrassment, as their candi­ date for Governor. The paity was then called up in to supp.irt ihe man whose policy and m ea­ sure* were denounced bv the Convention which nominated him ! but this gross inconsistency —this bold duplicity—so strong was popular de­ lusion—did not disabuse an alarmed but mis­ guided people. The fraud, though impudent, and bold was successfully practised. Its conse­ quences, however, could not be “ tramm elled” up. The men who combined io defraud me People, soon turned upon each other, and after riding into power upon the “ Old White Horse,” stripping off his bridle and shoes, they lurned him out io starve. Conscious alike of their un- worthiness and their weakness, ihe leaders of the parly felt the necessity of preseniing their strongest man, in the late contest, for Governor. The nomination was iherefore forced upon Sen­ ator W r i g h t . And here the samp fraud was practised that marked the course of Locofocoism in its nomination of Colonel B o u c k . Then, though repudiating the Canals and denouncing the “ Foriy Blillion Debt,” to obtain the influ­ ence of Canal Contractors, Laborers &c., they nominated the man who had created most ol the debt, and who was known 'o be in favor of com­ pleting the Canals, as their candidate for Gov­ ernor. Again, after using up Col. Bouck, and when a new fraud was to be perpetrated for the purpose of carrying a State and Presidential Election, the Free Trade and Texas Party nom­ inated BIr. W right, who had voted in favor of the Tariff o f ’42, and against the Annexation of Texas, as its candidate for G o v e rnor! And the friends of Free Trade and Texas were as zeal­ ous in their support o f a T a riff and Anti-Texas man, in 1844, as the enemies of “ pauper Ca nals” were enthusiastic in their support of an ultra Canal man in 1842. Again the People were cheated. Again fraud and duplicity tri­ umphed. And again, we predict, Ihe wrong-do- ers will get their reward. Politically speaking E x - G o v e r n o r B ou c k ’ s h i d e is u p o n th e fe n c e , ” and if we regard the “ signs of the times” truly, it is not destined to bleach alone. W e do not, as we have already stated, com­ plain of Gov. W r i g h t for refusing to sign the Bill in question. He was constrained to apply th e V e t o . H e w a s b o u n d b y h i s o w n p r i n c i p l e s , pledged by the action of his party, and required by the “ Financial Policy of ’42,” to refuse his assent io a bill providing for the resumption of the Public Works. Gov W r i g h t , furthermore; has alw ays been hostile to Internal Improve­ ments. H is sentiments were well known.— Those, therefore, who supported him, have no right to complain. The Law of 1844, and the Bill ot 1845, making Canal appropriations, were intended to cheat the “ Financial Policy of ’42.” The Locofocos who voted for them, while with the same breath they glorified that “ Poli­ cy,” are justly rebuked by the Governor’s Veto. The People, in the form prescribed for an ex­ pression of their will, repudiated the unfinished Canals, first in 1842 and again in 1844.— Though a decided friend to Internal Improve­ ment, we have no wish to see the Public Works resamed by indirection or stealth • nor will we become a party to any back-handed, side cut Le­ gislation upon the subject. We shall labor to expose the duplicity, dishonesty and profligacy of the party that first originated and then repu­ diated the Public Works. We confidently be­ lieve that the day of retribution is not flistanl. But we shell not ask for Resumption of the Public W orks u n til tbe People have reversed the Verdicts rendered against them. There is ranch more to be said upon this fruitful and important topic, but enough for one day I translate the following pithy rem arks on New Y o rk -Legislation,- from the Saturday number of the Courtier Des Etats-Unis, pub­ lished tri-weekly m | the city of New York, a newspaper, let me here say by way o f parenthe. sis, of high character, of extensive circulation, and edited with distinguished ability; and which, together with its Stmaine Litt£raire, (a week­ ly supplem ent of 3.2 pages—or 1664 pages a year— containing a [republication of the works ot the most celebrated living French fiction or romance w riters,) furnishes the French scholar with a greater am ount of French reading, and choice reading, loo, than he can obtain for the sam e price in any other way. P. “ The Legislature of the State o f New Y o rk has ju s t closed its session, after having dis­ cussed and passed 367 laws, g reat and sm all.— This is a greater number than would be requir­ ed to govern the whole Union ; and the unlucky State on which such a burden is imposed, is cer­ tainly to be pitied. It is to be considered, be­ sides, that these 367 laws are only a supplement to the voluminous Statutes, in the labyrinth of which American justice so frequently loses it­ self. * # # # # * “ Two bills have provoked boisterous dis­ cussions, and excited violent passions,—one, which had for its object the suppressing o f seduc­ tion and adultery, by inflicting heavy penalties upon the man, while it gave impunity to the woman, for offences in which the latter is quite as culpahle as the former. This p a itiri law came very near being enacted, and the male sex owes its safety only to the learned research­ es made by a Native legislator, (we must do justice even to our opponents,) for the purpose of demonstrating, by numerous examples, bor­ rowed from the annals of the world from the creation down to the year of grace 1845, that the daughters o f E v e very.often take the ini­ tiative in seduction. “ The second of these exciting bills is lhal which, in giving to municipal authorities the right of arbitrarily granting or refusing licenses for the sale by the small quantity of spiritous liquors, would have evidently resulted in'placing all citizens ai the mercy of the ascetic fanati­ cism which has been falsely denominated Tem­ perance. As if there were temperance in the abuse of water, any more than in the abuse of spiritous liquors! This bill has been adopted in principle ; bui an exception has been made in favor of the city of New York, which has in a great measure, defeated its object. Here, then, every individual may sell ardent spirits, con­ formably io the laws. Every where else in ihe State this privilege will be granted or refused, according lo the caprice of the municipal au­ thority. W e do not, indeed, comprehend this esiabiishment of antagonist regim e s; and the champions ot the Temperance cause have rea son to be asioni.shed that that which has been considered good for the whole State should be considered bad for the city of New York. We share this astonishm ent, but in an inverse sense. Resides, it is probable that our new Corporation would not have enforced the law lo the point of condemning all the citizens lo drink water, for one of its first thoughts, one of its first necessities, was the re establishment, on the day ot iis installation, of the municipal re­ freshment room, which had been destroyed by the N ative Corporation. Nativism is indignant at this bacchanal debut, and has denounced it through the Journal of Commerce The Whigs, who were exceedingly well accommodated there, whenever they had possession of ihe key, are scandalized at the extravagant manner in which the Democrats begin lo drink sherry cobblers and mint juleps, and to smoke regalias , a t the ex­ pense of the city treasury. The accused have disdained to answer the anathemas of Tempe­ rance. They have even courted them, by de­ claring that the Croton was neither worthy nor capable of moistening throats made dry by the discussion of public affairs.” [For other translations from the Courtier, see first page.— E d . ] The Treasurer of the F ire Fund at Rittsburg, reports that the amount received up to W ednes­ day week, is.$96,129.67—exclusive o f $50,000 appropriated by the State. A g r e a t R a c e .— On Tuesday last a great match race, the north against ihe south, was run on the Union Course, Long Island, between Fashion and Peytona, neither ot which had ever been beaten before. Peytona, the southern horse, won the first and second heats, the last by only half a lengih, and took the purse. This is said to have been the most exciting race that has taken place since the trial between Eclipse and Henry ; that at least 70,000 per­ son.* were on the ground as spectators from all parts of the country, and that in the conclusion at least one hundred thousand dollars were won by the southern from the puckels ot the north­ ern sportsmen ill bets. The affair was talked of and written about for months in advance, and now it is over we have not y et seen a word of censure from any source upon such a frightful gambling opera­ tion. The gambling and dissipation attending and following it was doubtless far greater than could have been produced by any oiher plan or device.—[Poughkeepsie Eagle. S t e a m b o a t E x p l o s io n ,— ^The Columbus (Ga ) Enquirer of the 7lh inst, says: “ One of the boilers of the steamer Charleston exploded at the Race Pass, opposite Gen. Hamilton’s planta­ tion, at 12 o’clock BI. on Blonday last, learing the boiler-deck in a thousand fragtnenis, and throwing the chimneys down, without injury to the boat. Two of the negro firemen were severely scalded. All the passengers were ashore at the moment, with the exception of two ladies and two children, who escaped unhurt. T he n e x t C o n g r e s s The election in Vir­ ginia brings up the number of memhers chosen for ihe npxt Congress to 163, of which 58 are Whigs, 99 are Locofocos, and 6 N ativists.— There are 58 more members to be elecied. in Maryland, North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Blississippi and Florida, and a vacancy to be filled in each of the slates of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshirs. To D r s t r o y t h e T a s t e o f L e e k s , or R a m p s in B u t t e r . — We are informed that Mr. Dennis Rust, of this place, who has tried the experiment, says that one tea-spoonlul of pulverized saltpe­ ter put inlo three gallons of milk, will entirely destroy the taste of leeks or ramps. Butter may be purified by thesam e process.— [Laporte Whig. [CP* The receipts of ihe British and Foreign Bible Society for the pa*r year amount to £97.- 755, or nearly halt a million of dollars. The issues of copies of the Scripture during the same time has been 915,089. S in g u l a r T r i a l . —Dominick BlcBride has re­ cently been tried in Colborne District, C. W. for attempting to murder a Catholic Priest who was sleeping in his house. Ai the request of BlcB.’s wife, the Priest had admonished him on his intemperate habits, when he su ore he would have his revenge. In the middle of ihe night he arose, got his gun, and entering the priest’s room, stabbed him in several places wilh ihe bayonet. A couple of young men, sleeping he low, heard the scuffle and came in time to save the priest’s life. The jury acquitted McBride ! B o r d e r T r o u b l e s . —The sheriff o f one ot the counties of Missouri, bordering upon the north­ ern line, when attempting to execute a writ for breach of ihe peace, was assailed by a number of persons of Daviesse county, Iowa. The pris­ oners, whom the sheriff had arres'ed, were res­ cued, arid the sheriff himself taken into custody lor exercising illegal authority wiihin the terri­ tory. The trial came on before Judge Blorgan of the Disiriet Court, and resulted in the con­ viction o f the Missouri sheriff. The punishment is imprisonment inlhe penitentiary. The Judge sentenced him lo ten days’ confinement ; but before the sentence could be carried into execu­ tion, Gov. Chambers granted a pardon. BIr. C l a y and t h e B a r g a in .— Rev. Calvin Colton, who is preparing a life o f BIr. Clay, says the papers he h a s received from BIr. C. relat ve to the great “ bargain and sale” question, alone form a hundred pages of notes. “ The documents, BIr. Colton says, m d te de­ velopments that a re perfectly astounding, and go to show that all the bargaining was on the side of Jackson and his friends. It is proved by them, we a re told, that Buchanan came to BIr. Clay from Gen. Jackson with a direci offer, and that Houston also went to Hoane with an- oiher direct offer. The snarl into which it gets Buchanan, Jackson, Eaton, &c., is perfectly laughable. Jackson, in his a f ter a ttem p ts to g e t out of the dilemma, when he found that Clay was loo noble to be bought, annihilates Buchan­ an, and Buchanan in endeavoring to throw the burden from his shoulder drives the General to the wall, while Gen. Eaton eats them both np. T h e disclosures exhibit the Jackson m e n o f that period, who surrounded their favorite candidate in a most ludicrous light, while it fastens a blot on Buchanan’s forehead he will find it impossi­ ble to wipe out.” These are the statements we find in the New York correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. — [Express. __________ __________ How T h e V V a r - S y s tem s u s t a i n s D e s p o tism . — “ The whole energies of R u ssia,” says Alison, “ a re lurned towards the arm y . Commerce, the law, and all civil employmenls, are held in no e steem ; all the youth of any considera­ tion betake themselves to the profession o f arms. Immense m ilitary schools, in different parts of ihe empire, annually send forth the whole flow­ er of tbe population to this dazzling career.” Here is a recipe for despotism. Blake war the chief business of a people, the m ilitary profes­ sion almost the only passport to wealth, or pow­ er, or fame, or social distinction ; and we see the natural result in the autocracy and serfdom ot R u ssia. E v e ry arm y, every military school, .he entire war-system is an ally o f despotism.— The war-system of Europe, transferred to this country, would efe-long crush our liberties. E n o r m o u s L e v i e s o f S o l d i e r s —In the spring of 1793, the French Convention levied 300,000 men, and early in A ugust, 1,200,000 m o re; in all, 1,500,000, in. less than six months, from a population of some 26,000,000; about one in seventeen, or one-soldier to every third family! how long would it take such a process to ex­ haust a country both of its men and its p roper­ ty ? S i n g u l a r C a u s e o f D e a t h . Dr. P. D. B adger of Peterborough, formerly of N a shua, lost his wife on the 2d inst. by con- sumpiion, tinder circumstances which led him to the conclusion that her death was caused by having a short lime previously painted the rooms in his house. The following are the circum­ stances which the Dr. feels constrained to lay before the public. Some momhs prior to her confinement, ana a t the time of painting, she complained of its effects, and her illness was at­ tributed to the oil; but she saw not a day of sound health afier; and in about three months was taken with a violent diarrhoea, which seemed to dely the power of medicine but gradually re­ covered, was confined, and seemed to do well for a month or more. From this time she be­ gan to sink, her blood seemed gone or nearly so wilh cough and expectoration, the cellular mem­ brane tilled with water, and in about five weeks sunk into the grave. From present appearan­ ces her little one will soon follow. Some two years ago, a portion of the Dr’s, house was p a inted; in a few months his wife was confined, the child was born with a cough, U lin­ gered a little over n ine months, and died wasted to a skeleton. The Dr thus relates some other cases;—I saw a child in a distant town which appeared like m y own above described. I observed to the mother that the child seemed jnst as my little Henry did before he died, and asked her i f they had not been painting iheir house. She said they had. The child died and the mother look­ ed to me as if she must soon follow it. In another town a lady was in travail most o f the time for three weeks. She too is dead, having died a short lime after confinement.— They also had their house painted a few months previous. The Dr. further says that from the investiga­ tion he has given the matter, he might multiply similar cases that have recently occurred in Pe­ terborough and adjoining towns. He calls upon printers to publish the above eases, as he thinks the discovery a new one, nev­ er having read anything of the kind in medical books, or heard il spoken of in medical lectures. —Oasis. A plan of establishing a Magnetic Telegraph between Europe and America is gravely propos­ ed in one o f the New York papers. It is to con­ sist of a copper wire the size of a pipe stem and long enough to reach from N o v a Scotia io the coast of Ireland, to be wound upon rods, and a r­ ranged on board a steamship so as to be reeled off as fast as the boat goes, and dropped the whole width of the Atlantic. Its graviij*, the projector calculates, would sink it to the depth wln-re water is so dense as to he of equal gravi­ ty, and of cource where it would be beyond the reach of any kind of collision. The steamship Great Britain could carry more wire of this size than would extend to Europe, and its cost would be something less than a million of dolars. It is observed that it is net taken inlo account in this proposition that the same specific gravity which would sink the wire below the surface o f tho water would cause it to separate either by its own weight or by that of the superincumbent fluid mass. S hocking A c c id e n t . —As a line boat, contain­ ing a number of English emigrants, was about to enter Rankin’s lock, at Jacltsonburgh in this county, on Sunday M orning last, the steersman noticed that a young man was sitting in the mid­ ships wilh his legs hanging out of one of the windows, and immediately warned him that u n­ less he drew them in he would be smashed.— Unfortunately, however, he heeded not this time­ ly warning any farther than to remark he would take care of himself, and the words had hardly escaped his lips before the boat[entered the lock, crushing his limbs in the most horrible manner. The boat being rather wide, it was found ne­ cessary to hoist the paddles, and create a swell which would drive b a c k the boat and thus ena­ ble them to extricate the writhing sufferer from his shocking position. The torture he under­ went during these effoits to relieve him beggars all description, and the spectacle his mangled body presented after his release was revolting in the extreme. Each swell raising the boat high­ er, it gradually drew him deeper into the excrn- tiating vice until it embraced ihe whole of his legs, about one h alf of his body and arms, and crushed ihem imo a perfect jelly. He expired in about hall' an hour after the accident.—H er­ kimer Co. Dem. 15th. R a il R oad fr o m L a k e BT ic d ig a n t o t h e P a ­ c i f i c .— BIr. A. VVhimev, No. 41 William-street, New York, gives notice through the National I n ­ telligencer, that it is his intention to pass over, examine and partially survey seven or eight hundred miles ol the proposed rout for the Rail Bond Irom Lake Michigan lo the Pacific. He will leave New York about the 20th ofBIay tor Green Bay. Several young gentlemen of re­ spectability and education will accompany him, and lie would like to have ihe number increased. He thinks the excufsion will be pleasant, bene­ ficial to health, and useful in the knowledge to be gained. The engine man of a locomotive on tlieA n - drossan Railway, in Scotland, some weeks ago, having lo leave his engine for a minute, did so inadvi-rlently when it was on half cock. To his horror and amazement, he had scarcely turned his back, when it siarted off at a speed which he could not overiake. The gate keeper nt Sievens- ton. thinking it was a special train, made way for it, although surprised that the customary sig­ nal of a whistle was omitted lobe given, a n d away it sped with a giant pace towards the main line. Upon this it got without delay or obstruc­ tion, and lurning towards Glasgow, did not stop till out of steam. A circular from ihe Baptist mission in China, stales that during the year, eighteen natives have been baptized and received into the Church.— Some of them are men of high literary a ttain­ m ents; only one of them has been excluded.— T h e r e a r e b e tw e e n 20 a n d 30 c a s e s of interest- mg inquiry; there are 13 nniive preachers at w o r k a t H o n g K o n g a n d a t th e n e i g h b o r i n g town, and great success had attended their la- b u r s . T h e M a n d a r i n s o f K o w lo o n h a v e g i v e n ihe Missionaries permission to occupy one of th e i r id o l t e m p l e s . L a b o r s o f a L o c o m o t iv e .— Hon. W m . Jack­ son, one of ihe most practical railroad men in Blassachuselts, has given some statistics of the labors of a locomotive on the Western rail road, which are interesting. 1'rains of cars leave Boston and Albany every morning, each train carrying 100 tons of merchandize, running at an average rate of 12 miles an hour, or 100 miles a day, including stoppages. A horse would carry 12001bs. over ihe mountains 25 miles per day. Divide the load of this one E n ­ gine by 12 00, a n d the number of horses for 25 miles in a day is 167. Four limes this number, oi 668 could carry this load 100 miles each day. Hence the iron horse is every day, foul or fair, doing the work ol 668 horses.—[Tribune. “ Putting it on thick.” —A house painter of our .acquaintance has a son, a mere lad, who oc­ casionally assists him in his jobs. He used the brush dexterously, but unfortunately he had ac­ quired the habit of “ putting it on a little loo thick.” The other day his lather, after haying frequently scolded him for his lavish daubing, and all to no purpose, gave him a severe flagel­ lation. “ There, you young rascal,” said he, after performing the painful duty, “ how do you like that?” “ Well, I don’t know dad,” whined the boy in reply, “ but it seems to me you put it on a darn’d sight thicker than I did.”— Balt. P atriot. S a c r if ic e o f L ife in t i ? e W ar o f L a V e n d e e . Every one knows something of this terrible war. Tt c o n tinued less than eight m o n ths; but, though the whole territory contained a few years since\only 500,000 inhabitants, even the French Republican writer makes the sum total o f its vic­ tims no less than 952,000, besides all that per­ ished on ihe side of ihe Republicans. The state­ ment, even from such a source, seems incredi­ ble ; but there is no end to the havoc of war.— Considerably more than a million of lives m u st have been sacrificed in the war o fL a Vendee. “ Bill, why are the ladies in a fa ir way to become rulers in the church ?” “ Because all their movements are backed hy the bishops.” _____________ __ (FT* At the late election for village officers, in Coldwaler, Blich., the license ticket succeeded. D u e l l in g . —The State Convention in Louis­ iana have incorporated a section in the general provisions of the constitution, which disfranchi­ ses and renders ineligible for any civil office u n ­ der the state, any person who shall hereafter fight a duel, be a second at a duel, or carry a challenge to a duel. The Birney Convention yesterday, was rather slimly a t t e n d e d . B i r n e y and A lvin S t e w a r t made speeches,- the former in vindication of him self; the latter m savage denunciations of Henry Clay and the W hig Press. The best speech on the occasion a hearer inform s u s was made by a colored gentleman o f Troy [Trib­ une of Tuesday. E x e c u t io n .— H a rry Carroll was hung a t Lou- isburg, N . C. on the 28th uh, iu presence Of a large crowd, for the crime of Grand Larceny— the article stolen being, says the Raleigh Regis­ ter, a pair of suspenders from a store 1 The quantity of poultry exported from Dub­ lin to E n g land during the Christm as week, amounted to five hundred tons, and was worth £50 per ton. The St. Lonis New E r a says that a steamer from Chicago to that city, brought 60 bundles of willow, prepared for the manufacture of bas­ kets, of which il speaks as a new article o f trade. __________________ P r o m p t L ib e r a l i t y . —Rev. Dr. Kirk, a t tho meeting of the “ Christian Alliance” on T h u rs­ day evening, said that if $2000 were contribu­ ted, a Protestaut press should be established in Paris, which would penetrate Italy to its utm o st confines. Almost immediately a gentlem an sent a note to the desk, saying that he would be one of two hundred to raise that a m o u n t. In the course of the evening other sum s were sub­ scribed, and it is probable that before the week closes, the entire am ount will be obtained.—N . Y . Express.